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(Note: This decision was overturned by the Supreme Court on Februrary 21, 2018) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PAUL SOMERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC., a Maryland...

After Phillips & Cohen filed its lawsuit against eClinicalWorks in 2015 and the government launched an investigation, the company sent out a series of advisories to customers. Here are links to some...

Why be a whistleblower for the SEC? Whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may receive a reward if government enforcement agencies recover more than $1 million...

Whistleblowers can expose FCPA violations and stop corruption What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)? The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a powerful anti-bribery law that prohibits U.S....

History of the False Claims Act and “qui tam” whistleblower cases The False Claims Act, also known as the “Lincoln Law,” was enacted during the Civil War to combat the fraud perpetrated...

Whistleblowers play a key role in exposing fraud by banks and other companies in the financial industry. Phillips & Cohen has represented whistleblowers in successful qui tam lawsuits that alleged...

Record success for whistleblowers in defense contractor fraud cases. Phillips & Cohen has represented defense contractor fraud whistleblowers in successful “qui tam” cases for more than...

Statement of Claire Sylvia Phillips & Cohen LLP Submitted to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives and the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus...

DaVita has agreed to pay the government more than $400 million to settle civil charges alleging DaVita paid doctors kickbacks so that they would refer patients to DaVita’s dialysis centers. The total...

Why are pharmaceutical & medical kickbacks prohibited? The False Claims Act offers whistleblowers an effective way to expose and stop pharmaceutical and medical kickbacks in the healthcare system....