August 11, 2010
Most whistleblowers have ‘clean hands’ – Letter to the Editor
The Financial Times published the following letter to the editor written by Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton defending the SEC whistleblower program. Most whistleblowers have ‘clean...
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August 09, 2010
“SEC Now Offering Big Payoffs To Whistle-Blowers.”
John Phillips in Time, 8/9/10. Money can be “extraordinarily effective” in getting people to blow the whistle when they see fraud, says John Phillips, whose law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP...
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July 31, 2010
Keep the cheese out of it – Letter to the Editor
The Washington Post published the following letter to the editor from Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton discussing the need to change the way whistleblowers are viewed. Keep the cheese out of...
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July 23, 2010
“Financial reform law includes big cash incentives for whistle-blowers.”
Erika Kelton in the Los Angeles Times, 7/23/10. The new SEC whistleblower program “is very significant and will have an immediate impact,” said Erika Kelton, a Washington lawyer who has represented...
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July 10, 2010
“Financial crime whistleblowers to be rewarded.”
Erika Kelton in The Daily Transcript, 7/10/10. “The SEC whistleblower provisions will be an extremely effective enforcement tool that will have an immediate impact, probably far quicker than any...
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February 25, 2010
Whistleblower played key role in Medicare fraud case against 11 hospitals; New York hospital latest to settle
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2010 – Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, a Long Island, N.Y, hospital, has agreed to pay $2.92 million, plus interest, to settle a “qui tam”...
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January 21, 2010
Korb wrong about whistleblower program, writer says – Letter to the Editor
Tax Analysts published a letter to the editor written by Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton in response to comments by the former chief counsel for the IRS, who was critical of the IRS whistleblower...
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July 06, 2009
Whistleblower bounty must go hand-in-hand with reform – Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor of the Financial Times from Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton discussing the need for a whistleblower bounty. Whistleblower bounty must go hand-in-hand with reform Sir,...
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March 21, 2009
Encouraging Whistleblowers, Discouraging Fraud – Letter to the Editor
The Washington Post published the following letter from Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton discussing the benefits of having mandatory rewards for whistleblowers. Encouraging Whistleblowers,...
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March 20, 2006
“Qui Tam Lawsuits and You.”
Article by Erika A. Kelton published in Drug Topics, 3/20/2006. Business practices in the pharmaceutical industry are changing largely as a result of whistleblower (“qui tam”) cases...