August 06, 2014
The SEC’s Secret Enforcement Weapon: Whistleblowers
GPs should take seriously the threat of whistleblower action on any questionable practices, writes Phillips & Cohen partner Stephen Hasegawa in “Private Funds Management.” PUBLISHED: 06...
December 23, 2013
IRS whistleblower reward of nearly $20 million goes to P&C client
WASHINGTON, DC – The Internal Revenue Service has made a whistleblower reward to a client of Phillips & Cohen totaling nearly $20 million for whistleblower claims that exposed a number of abusive...
Posted In Phillips & Cohen News, Resources
April 24, 2008
Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Illegal Cancer Drug Scheme
WASHINGTON, DC – A whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, has exposed an illegal scheme where doctors have purchased illegally imported cancer drugs as a way to cut their costs and...
July 14, 2006
Mario Gabelli, affiliates Pay $130M to settle whistleblower case
Gabelli, affiliates settle fraud suit for $130 million By Paul Davies The Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2006 NEW YORK — Money manager Mario Gabelli and his affiliated companies agreed to pay $130...
October 07, 2001
TAP Pharmaceutical Whistleblower Joseph Gerstein’s Story
TAP Pharmaceutical whistleblower Joseph Gerstein alleged in a qui tam whistleblower complaint that TAP was paying illegal kickbacks to doctors who dispensed the company’s high priced prostate cancer...
Posted In Resources
May 19, 2000
Utah doctors will share in $745 million settlement of Columbia qui tam cases
WASHINGTON, DC – The proposed Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. settlement announced yesterday is only the first step in resolving a series of whistleblower lawsuits, brought by Phillips & Cohen,...
March 01, 1997
Failure to Report Medicare Billing Errors – Is It Fraud?
Is it Medicare fraud when a healthcare provider fails to report Medicare billing errors? In many hospitals and other healthcare institutions there is a tendency to think that nothing needs to be done when...