Whistleblower News: Articles, Blogs, & Insights

Article by Erika Kelton published in International Trade Reporter, 5/12/99. A new era in customs fraud enforcement is emerging as a result of a Civil War-era law. The law, known as the False Claims Act,...

Article by Erika Kelton published in Journal of Commerce, 3/18/1999. When the Customs Service issues its annual “Accountability Report” this spring, one key statistic will probably be missing:...

CINCINNATI, OH – A whistleblower case, brought by Phillips & Cohen, initiated an investigation into a company that routinely recycled the unused drugs of dead nursing home patients and sold them...

WASHINGTON, DC – A federal False Claims Act lawsuit was filed in May 1995, by Phillips & Cohen, on behalf of Robert A. Giardini, a former vice president of Teledyne Systems Co. The lawsuit involved...

WASHINGTON, DC – SmithKline Beecham PLC has agreed to pay a total of $325 million to the federal government to settle three whistleblower lawsuits, brought by Phillips & Cohen, that charged the...

Article by John R. Phillips and Mary Louise Cohen published in American Medical News, February 10, 1997. The False Claims Act allows the government as well as private citizens to sue individuals or companies...

BOSTON, MA – Damon Clinical Laboratories Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Corning Inc., has agreed to pay $119 million in criminal and civil fines to settle a case, brought by Phillips & Cohen,...

LOS ANGELES, CA – FMC Corp., a diversified manufacturing company that makes the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, has agreed to pay the federal government $13 million to settle a whistleblower case. It is...

NEWARK, NJ – Two of the country’s largest medical testing laboratories — MetPath Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Corning Inc., and Unilab Corp. — have agreed to pay a total of...

WASHINGTON, DC – Hughes Aircraft Company has paid $4.05 million to the U.S. Treasury to settle a whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, that charged the company had routinely lied...