June 29, 2018
“SEC seeks right to cut whistleblower bounties”
Phillips & Cohen attorney Sean McKessy commented on the SEC’s recently-announced proposed rule changes in an article published in the Wall Street Journal. The SEC announced its intent to amend...
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May 31, 2018
“Trust key to keeping whistleblower complaints in-house”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy was quoted in a Law360 article about the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Digital Realty Trust Inc. v Paul Somers, which states that whistleblowers...
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May 23, 2018
Medical lab kickbacks cost ex-CEO, others $114 million in whistleblower case
May 24, 2018, CHARLESTON, SC – A federal judge in South Carolina issued an order of judgment Wednesday that imposes civil damages and penalties totaling more than $114 million on the former CEO of a...
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May 16, 2018
“U.S. intervenes in opioid kickback case against Insys”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton is representing Maria Guzman in a recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit against Insys Therapeutics Inc. The information Guzman provided convinced the US Department...
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“Healthcare whistleblowers risk careers to keep patients safe”
In the second of a two-part series, Phillips & Cohen partner Peter Chatfield tells Health System Specialist about the risks and challenges whistleblowers face when making the difficult decision to...
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“Healthcare whistleblowers: inside their hearts and minds”
Phillips & Cohen partner Peter Chatfield was interviewed by the Financial Times’ Health Systems Specialist for a two-part series about the hearts, minds, and experiences of whistleblowers in...
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May 14, 2018
Insys whistleblower convinced the government to investigate
WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2018 – Documents unsealed in federal court today reveal that a former sales representative for Insys Therapeutics Inc. in Florida filed the first whistleblower lawsuit in 2013...
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May 11, 2018
“Symantec tumbles on disclosure of whistleblower probe”
Phillips & Cohen partner and former Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower Sean X. McKessy spoke with Reuters regarding yesterday’s disclosure by cyber-security firm Symantec that it...
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“Why Barclays boss Jes Staley should be relieved despite £1.1m hit”
SkyNews quoted Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton in an article about the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority’s joint decision to fine Barclays CEO Jes...
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“CFO feared jail time over kickbacks. He’s now Shawnee Mission Health interim CEO”
Phillips and Cohen partner Peter Chatfield weighed in on white-collar crime in a story by The Kansas City Star examining the alleged involvement of the former CFO of an Adventist Health Systems hospital...
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