September 01, 2017
“Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Requiring the IRS to Properly Attribute Its Recoveries to Whistleblowers”
In an article for Bloomberg BNA’s Tax Management Memorandum, Phillips & Cohen attorney Edward Arens stressed the importance of recognizing the valuable contributions of whistleblowers to the...
August 25, 2017
“Whistle-blowers raise penalty costs in financial fraud cases”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy is quoted in The Agenda, an FT Service, on a new study that says whistleblower involvement leads to a tangible increase in the likelihood the SEC or DOJ will impose...
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August 10, 2017
“Whistleblower attorney expects more false claims lawsuits against EHR vendors”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie spoke with FierceHealthcare about why we can expect to see more whistleblower lawsuits against electronic health records vendors. EHR developers could be staring...
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August 07, 2017
“Ride the whistleblower wave”
Law.com’s Sue Reisigner quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton in her story about whistleblower’s rights to bring retaliation claims against their employer. Phillips & Cohen attorney...
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July 25, 2017
“SEC issues whistleblower award to government agency employee for first time”
Phillips & Cohen’s Sean McKessy spoke with the National Law Journal about a unique whistleblower award order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Though the SEC normally does not...
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July 10, 2017
“Barclays Bank CEO gets reprimanded”
Financial Express quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton in its story about Barclays CEO Jes Staley’s “attempt to unmask a whistleblower.” Surely the investigations “will...
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July 07, 2017
“University, testing lab win fraud case on transplant allegations”
Claire M. Sylvia, a partner at Phillips & Cohen, spoke to Bloomberg BNA’s Health Care Fraud Report about a unique False Claims Act medical necessity case. Claire M. Sylvia, a partner with Phillips...
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July 06, 2017
“Regulator reveals number of tip offs about advisers”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton explains in a FT Adviser article why the UK Financial Conduct Authority is seeing fewer whistleblower reports than in prior years while US whistleblower programs...
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June 21, 2017
“Sepp Blatter is wrong. Whistleblowers are courageous and deserve our support”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton’s letter to the editor was published in The Guardian on 6/21/17. The letter responds to anti-whistleblower comments made by Sepp Blatter, the former...
June 15, 2017
“Top 10 takeaways from the eClinicalWorks settlement”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie writes in HIStalk about the key takeaways from Phillips & Cohen’s ground-breaking whistleblower lawsuit against electronic health records vendor eClinicalWorks,...