March 28, 2022
Ex-SEC whistleblower office chief wins client a whistleblower award
WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2022 – Sean McKessy, the primary architect of the US Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower program who now represents whistleblowers in private practice, has won...
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March 25, 2022
DOJ joins whistleblower case against EHR vendor ModMed and co-founder
BURLINGTON, VT, March 25, 2022 – The US Department of Justice has filed notice that it intends to join a whistleblower lawsuit against Modernizing Medicine and a co-founder alleging serious violations...
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March 22, 2022
Docs faked patient visits and orders; caught in telehealth crime
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie tells Medscape that physicians who use electronic health record systems or other technology platforms that promote upcoding and overbilling for telehealth services...
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February 24, 2022
Telehealth Fraud Not An Easy FCA Target, DOJ Attys Say
Law360 quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Amy Easton in an article about the government’s prosecution of telehealth fraud cases. Phillips & Cohen LLP partner Amy L. Easton, a panelist at Wednesday’s...
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February 23, 2022
Five Phillips & Cohen partners make 2022 ‘Leading Lawyers’ list
NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 23, 2022 – Lawdragon has selected five Phillips & Cohen partners to its 2022 list of “500 Leading Lawyers in America” for their work representing whistleblowers. The magazine...
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February 14, 2022
‘Significant Resolutions’ Of Foreign Bribery Cases Expected This Year
With the Biden administration making repeated commitments to fight bribery and corruption and a jump in whistleblower submissions to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, signs are promising for aggressive...
February 11, 2022
SEC proposal seeks to undo Trump-era whistleblower changes
In Compliance Week, Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, a former Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, applauds the SEC’s proposal to fix certain changes that were made to whistleblower...
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SEC looking into Apple’s use of nondisclosure agreements, whistleblower says
Sean McKessy, the former Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower and partner at Phillips & Cohen, recently contributed to a Washington Post story related to the SEC investigating Apple for its...
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February 04, 2022
SEC whistleblower award for $37M goes to Phillips & Cohen’s international clients
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 4, 2022 – The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent $37 million whistleblower award was issued to two individuals who filed a joint whistleblower submission to the SEC...
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January 19, 2022
“How GCs Can Navigate A Slew Of Whistleblower Tips”
Law360 extensively quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, the former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program, about how companies and their general counsel...
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