December 28, 2014
“These whistleblowers earn millions.”
Erika Kelton in Le Journal du Dimanche, 12/28/14. (“Ces lanceurs d’alerte qui gagnent des millions,” translated from French) “Now the people who really know what is happening within a company...
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December 24, 2014
“Companies Risk SEC’s Wrath By Discouraging Whistle-blowers.”
Erika Kelton in FierceCFO, 12/12/14. In that vein, Erika Kelton, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Phillips & Cohen, a leading representative of whistle-blowers, observed during...
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December 12, 2014
“Foreign Whistleblowers Gaining Traction.”
Erika Kelton in The Wall Street Journal, 12/12/14. Kelton, also speaking at the seminar, said foreign tipsters primarily find her over the Internet, though some come through referrals or after hearing...
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November 12, 2014
“Who Would Be a Whistleblower?”
Erika Kelton in The Independent, 11/12/14. Phillips & Cohen, the law firm representing the latest whistleblower, said the Dodd-Frank Act allows SEC whistleblowers to remain anonymous “to the fullest...
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November 07, 2014
“Whatever Happened to Pharmaceutical Swag?”
Erika Kelton in The Atlantic, 11/07/14. ProPublica, which performed a four-year investigation of drug-company payments to doctors, found that more than three-quarters of doctors have at least one financial...
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October 28, 2014
“Judge Orders Mediation in Guardrail Lawsuit.”
Erika Kelton in The New York Times, 10/28/14. Erika A. Kelton, a whistle-blower lawyer with Phillips & Cohen who is not involved in the litigation, said it was not uncommon for both sides of a False...
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October 22, 2014
“SEC: Banks May Be Shifting Asset Risk for Better Capital Treatment.”
Erika Kelton in American Banker, 10/22/14. Bigger is definitely the signal the SEC is sending, according to Phillips & Cohen LLP attorney Erika Kelton. The SEC last month announced the largest ever...
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October 21, 2014
“Guardrail Maker Trinity Industries Liable for Fraud in Texas.”
Erika Kelton in The New York Times, 10/21/14. Legal experts in False Claims Act cases say the $175 million verdict is on the higher end of recent judgments. “There’s no denying it’s a big number,”...
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September 29, 2014
“Phillips & Cohen: ‘Giant Killers of the Whistleblower Bar.’”
Erika Kelton in Lawdragon, 9/29/14. The list of Phillips & Cohen’s takedowns is long, punctuated by a leading role in the record-setting $3 billion settlement with GlaxoSmithKline in 2012 for improper...
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September 24, 2014
“SEC Award May Spur Whistle-Blower Growth.”
Erika Kelton Bloomberg, 9/24/14. Erika Kelton, the lawyer at Phillips & Cohen LLP who represented the whistle-blower . . . said an employee who blows the whistle “does so at great personal and professional...
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