November 21, 2014
SEC whistleblower program continues to grow
The Securities and Exchange Commission received a record number of tips under its whistleblower-reward program in fiscal year 2014, with more than 3,600 tips from all 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto...
Whistleblower cases help government recover almost $3 billion in FY2014
The Department of Justice recovered a record-breaking $5.69 billion under the False Claims Act for the fiscal year 2014, says a DOJ statement released Thursday. Qui tam (whistleblower) lawsuits accounted...
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November 18, 2014
Former Of Counsel to Phillips & Cohen named as director of Justice Department program
WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2014 – Lisa Foster, formerly Of Counsel to Phillips & Cohen LLP, is the new director of the Access to Justice Initiative at the US Department of Justice. The Access...
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November 12, 2014
“Who Would Be a Whistleblower?”
Erika Kelton in The Independent, 11/12/14. Phillips & Cohen, the law firm representing the latest whistleblower, said the Dodd-Frank Act allows SEC whistleblowers to remain anonymous “to the fullest...
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November 07, 2014
“Whatever Happened to Pharmaceutical Swag?”
Erika Kelton in The Atlantic, 11/07/14. ProPublica, which performed a four-year investigation of drug-company payments to doctors, found that more than three-quarters of doctors have at least one financial...
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