Month: January 2016

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved an important amendment to the Defend Trade Secrets Act on Thursday that could make a big difference for future whistleblowers. The amendment, co-authored...

Erika Kelton in Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report, 1/27/16. Kelton said “potential treble penalties are a powerful deterrent.” “Whistle-blowers — who can provide the government with detailed information...

The Whistleblower Protection Act of 2011, India’s signature law aimed at rooting out corruption, could finally come into force this year if it clears some key procedural hurdles in India’s Parliament....

Erika Kelton in Law Society Gazette, 1/25/16. “I hope UK policymakers will finally see the value of whistleblowers and recognise that doing the right thing often comes at a cost that whistleblowers...

Phillips & Cohen LLP whistleblower lawyers Colette Matzzie and Peter Budetti recently co-wrote an article encouraging insurers to use state qui tam laws in California and Illinois to recover funds...

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that a $700,000 whistleblower award was paid to an industry expert whose “detailed analysis” lead to a successful enforcement action....

Jeffrey Dickstein in Law360, 1/13/16. “I am thrilled to join Phillips & Cohen and to work directly with whistleblowers to stop instances of Medicare fraud and other health care fraud,” Dickstein...

MIAMI, FLORIDA, January 13, 2016 – Former Assistant US Attorney Jeffrey W. Dickstein, a leading government lawyer in Medicare fraud cases, has joined top whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen...

Peter Budetti in Pacific Standard, 1/11/16. Budetti, who preceded [Director of the Center for Program Integrity Shantanu] Agrawal at CMS and was in charge of program integrity during implementation of...

Late last year, the Centers for Disease Control released new advisory guidelines urging primary care doctors to take a more conservative approach to prescribing opioids. But doctors themselves are only...