Month: October 2016

It’s a choice nobody should ever have to make: break the law or lose your job. But that’s exactly the choice that companies like Wells Fargo force on their employees when they set unrealistic sales...

ROME, Italy, October 20, 2016 – Officials and legal experts from the U.S. and Italy – including Erika Kelton and Dr. Peter Budetti of Phillips & Cohen — gathered at a conference today...

Pharmaceutical companies defrauding the government by manufacturing adulterated pharmaceuticals have often gone to great lengths to thwart FDA inspections of their sites. But Japanese drug maker Nippon...

Sean McKessy in The National Law Journal, 10/14/16. McKessy pointed to that portion of the settlement as belying the notion that whistleblower protections sometimes saddle companies with poor-performing...

A federal appeals court last week issued a ruling that will make it easier for whistleblowers to hold companies accountable for violations of customs laws. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that...

Erika Kelton in Crain’s Chicago Business, 10/8/16. “We saw a massive influx of inquiries from people who knew about fraud and were in a position, and felt comfortable finally, to report what...

Tenet Healthcare’s recent settlement was the latest of several instances in which it has paid millions to settle a lawsuit for defrauding government healthcare programs. The Dallas-based hospital chain...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a rule that will go a long way toward holding long-term care facilities accountable for substandard care of vulnerable patients. The new...