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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August 18, 2014
“4 Tips On Scoring Big For IRS Whistleblowers”
Phillips & Cohen attorney Erika Kelton is quoted in an article about the Internal Revenue Service’s whistleblower program, published by Law360: The IRS Whistleblower Office is notorious for keeping...
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August 18, 2014
“4 Tips on Scoring Big for IRS Whistleblowers”
Erika Kelton in Law360.com, 8/18/14. Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton spoke with Law360 about the most important steps one must take to have the best chance at a successful IRS whistleblower...
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August 06, 2014
“The SEC’s Secret Enforcement Weapon: Whistleblowers.”
Article by Stephen Hasegawa published in Private Funds Management, 8/6/14. The Dodd-Frank Act brought greater regulation and greater Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) scrutiny over the private equity...
May 20, 2014
“CFTC Set to Make First Award To Whistle-Blower Under 2011 Program.”
Erika Kelton in Securities Law Daily , 5/20/14. According to whistle-blower lawyer Erika Kelton, Phillips & Cohen LLP, Washington, the award shows that the program is off to a “promising” start...
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May 02, 2014
“FCA Wave Sparks Debate Over DOJ Power to Boot Weak Suits.”
Claire Sylvia in Law360.com, 5/2/14. “I think the number of cases where [the Justice Department] could make that call are probably not as many as the defense bar thinks exist,” said Claire M. Sylvia,...
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April 01, 2014
“The Plight of an Overseas Whistleblower.”
Erika Kelton in i-Sight, 4/1/14. With an influx of overseas whistleblowers participating in a US government program that offers rewards for uncovering legal violations, it’s not uncommon for attorney...
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