Month: September 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 2015 – The National Law Journal has recognized Phillips & Cohen LLP as one of its “2015 Elite Trial Lawyers” based on the success of its whistleblower...

Adventist Health System’s $118 million settlement this week is the latest and largest one involving violations of the physician referral law known as the Stark Act. The settlement covered a qui tam...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 21, 2015 – National Law Journal recently featured an interview with Stephen Hasegawa, a Phillips & Cohen partner, in a story about the law firms it recognized...

WASHINGTON, DC, September 21, 2015 – Three former Adventist Health employees, represented by Phillips & Cohen, were the first whistleblowers to expose an alleged scheme by Adventist Health System...

Erika Kelton in Bloomberg, 9/21/15. “Prosecutors and regulators need to have the insights of people on the inside to do their job,” said Erika Kelton, a lawyer at Phillips & Cohen LLP in Washington...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released an order Sept. 17 holding that Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are commodities and are subject to regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act and...

Peter Chatfield in The Dark Report, 9/14/15. “The relationship between all of these companies involved with (True Health) will be something that could be challenged if it looks suspicious,” said [Peter]...

Erika Kelton in Bloomberg, 9/11/15. The bigger issue, the court found, was that those working in finance — as well as attorneys — have a duty to report suspected wrongdoing internally before going...