June 22, 2017
Court rules against Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections for internal whistleblowers
A recent ruling from a federal judge in Illinois has added to the minority view in a significant split in court opinions over whether employees who report suspicions of securities violations by their employers...
June 21, 2017
“Sepp Blatter is wrong. Whistleblowers are courageous and deserve our support”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton’s letter to the editor was published in The Guardian on 6/21/17. The letter responds to anti-whistleblower comments made by Sepp Blatter, the former...
June 19, 2017
More states sue pharma companies for role in opioid epidemic
In the midst of the nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction and overdoses, states and local governments are turning to the courts in an effort to slow the overprescribing of opioid drugs and recover some...
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June 15, 2017
“Top 10 takeaways from the eClinicalWorks settlement”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie writes in HIStalk about the key takeaways from Phillips & Cohen’s ground-breaking whistleblower lawsuit against electronic health records vendor eClinicalWorks,...
June 10, 2017
“Law firms react to growing wave of whistleblower lawsuits”
Erika A. Kelton tells the National Law Journal about how Phillips & Cohen has expanded over the last six years, and what first attracted her to representing whistleblowers. “Phillips & Cohen’s...
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June 08, 2017
Food supplier to US military settles whistleblower case for $95 million
A Kuwaiti contractor that supplied food for US military forces in Iraq, Iran and Jordan will pay $95 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit under the False Claims Act and plead guilty to misdemeanor...
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June 05, 2017
“Dodd-Frank overhaul could spark rebound in SOX whistle-blower cases”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy spoke with Bloomberg BNA about how the Financial Choice Act might affect whistleblower programs created by Dodd-Frank as well as whistleblower protections under...
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June 02, 2017
“Why whistleblowers get paid in the U.S. but not in Britain”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, the former chief of the SEC whistleblower office, was quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek talking about why the US pays whistleblowers while the UK does not. There’s...
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June 01, 2017
“eClinicalWorks whistleblower: NYC health department was indifferent to EHR flaws”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette G. Matzzie spoke with Healthcare IT News about the whistleblower case Phillips & Cohen brought against electronic health records vendor eClinicalWorks. The case...
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