Month: September 2012

Despite the draw of large whistleblower rewards distributed by the government recently, like the $104 million awarded to Brad Birkenfeld for exposing secrets about Swiss banking to the IRS, a recent New...

Foodservice management company Compass Group USA has paid $18 million to the state of New York to settle charges that it cheated New York schools for more than seven years by pocketing rebates from food...

Whistleblower attorney Erika Kelton, of Phillips & Cohen LLP, was named the 2012 “Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year” by a leading national whistleblower organization last week. Kelton was awarded...

WASHINGTON, DC – Erika A. Kelton, a partner with Phillips & Cohen LLP, has been named “Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year” for 2012 by a national organization of whistleblowers and...

Retaliation against whistleblowers is on the rise, according to a report by the Ethics Resource Center.  “Retaliation: When Whistleblowers Become Victims” notes dramatic increases in various forms...