Month: September 2016

The value of the False Claims Act is not always measured in dollars and cents. In a filing in federal court last week, the Department of Justice argued that discrimination by persons who receive federal...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is encouraging whistleblowers with information about money laundering to come forward, according to remarks by an agency enforcement official at a conference last...

WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2016 – Two Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys received the first ever “Public-Private Partnership Award” Thursday night from Taxpayers Against...

A whistleblower group is asking a federal appeals court to reverse a trial court’s decision in a Medicare fraud case involving hospice provider AseraCare that could have troubling implications for future...

Sean X. McKessy, who served as chief of the Security and Exchange Commission Office of the Whistleblower for five years, has joined Phillips & Cohen LLP as a partner to represent whistleblowers. McKessy...

Sean McKessy in Law360, 9/6/16. Sean McKessy helped establish the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower in 2011 and spurred its growth, the agency said when he stepped down in July. His new firm represented...

Sean McKessy in The National Law Journal, 9/6/16. “I am extremely proud of the work accomplished by the whistleblower office team during my time as chief,” [Sean X.] McKessy said. “I think my experience...

WASHINGTON, DC, September 6, 2016 – Whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP is pleased to announce that Sean X. McKessy, the former Chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblower...

Sean McKessy in The New York Times, 9/5/16. “I feel I’ve established that I honor the work whistle-blowers do,” [Sean X.] McKessy said in an interview. “I am hoping to convince many people who...