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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...

The False Claims Act offers whistleblowers an effective way to expose and stop kickbacks in the healthcare system. Kickbacks – hidden financial arrangements between doctors and hospitals or other healthcare...

Phillips & Cohen’s whistleblower complaint against Adventist Health System — United States, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas ex rel. Payne , Church and Pryor v. Adventist Health...

DaVita whistleblower David Barbetta alleged in a qui tam case that DaVita paid doctors hidden kickbacks as a way to get patient referrals for its dialysis clinics and to reduce or eliminate competition...

The power individual IRS agents have over the decision to grant whistleblower awards is one of the key “inadequacies” of the IRS’s lackluster whistleblower program, according to Phillips & Cohen...

Michael Lissack, a former investment banker for Smith Barney, was represented by Phillips & Cohen attorneys in a qui tam lawsuit he filed against more than 20 Wall Street banking firms. He alleged...