November 30, 2021
Watch Out, Wall Street – Record Number Of Whistleblowers Flock To The SEC
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton explores how whistleblowers led the SEC’s whistleblower program to astonishing new records during a phenomenally successful fiscal year in her latest article...
November 22, 2021
“Working From Home Could Be Giving Corporate Whistleblowers the Push They Need”
In a Wall Street Journal newsletter, Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorney Erika Kelton discusses the difference that work-from-home policies make in employees’ decisions to blow the whistle. The...
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November 18, 2021
“After Cracking Down on ‘Nonsense,’ SEC Whistleblower Program Has Record-Breaking Year”
Law.com interviews Phillips & Cohen partner and former SEC whistleblower office chief Sean McKessy in its Compliance Hot Spots newsletter about trends that have boosted recent successes of the SEC...
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November 17, 2021
Supreme Court rejects appeal in whistleblowers’ Medicare fraud kickbacks case
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 17, 2021 – The US Supreme Court has rejected an effort by a healthcare marketing consultant to overturn a $114 million jury verdict against him and two others in a Medicare billing...
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“Archdiocese of New Orleans to Pay $1 Million to Settle FEMA Fraud Claims”
The New York Times cites Phillips & Cohen partner Jeffrey Dickstein about the nature of fraud against the government in its coverage of a $1 million False Claims Act settlement by the Archdiocese of...
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November 12, 2021
Best Lawyers names Phillips & Cohen to 2022 ‘Best Law Firms’ list
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 12, 2021 –Phillips & Cohen LLP has been named to US News Best Lawyers® 2022 “Best Law Firms” list for the law firm’s work representing whistleblowers, particularly healthcare...
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November 08, 2021
SEC Names Nicole Creola Kelly as Whistleblower Program Chief
The Wall Street Journal quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy‘s endorsement of Nicole Creola Kelly’s appointment to lead the SEC whistleblower program. “She will be a strong advocate...
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October 29, 2021
“Will record $200m payout tempt a new army of Wall St whistleblowers?”
Financial Times quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton about the significance and implications of the CFTC’s recent record $200 million whistleblower award. The tip from the Deutsche Bank...
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“These Law Firms Handle The Most False Claims Litigation”
Law360 reports that Phillips & Cohen LLP led the way in the number of qui tam cases filed over the past five years and talks to firm partner Erika Kelton to find out why so many whistleblowers choose...
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October 28, 2021
Phillips & Cohen no. 1 for most False Claims Act whistleblower cases – report
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 28, 2021 – A report released today found that Phillips & Cohen LLP represented whistleblowers in more False Claims Act whistleblower cases over the past five years than any other...
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