Month: January 2020

Practice Fusion’s $145 million settlement with the Department of Justice this week signals that the government is continuing to scrutinize improper and illegal practices in the electronic health records...

Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy provides the SEC whistleblower’s perspective in a CNN Business article about the ways in which corporate leaders can address company misconduct.  If internal...

Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie underscores the significance of DOJ’s actions against electronic health records software company Practice Fusion Inc. in Bloomberg Law. The case also...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking whistleblowers to help them stop spoofing in the commodities and derivatives markets. Spoofing is a crime that can be hard to detect without the help...

Washington, DC, Jan. 23, 2020 — The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a whistleblower award of $277,000 to a Phillips & Cohen client who provided the SEC with significant information...

Phillips & Cohen partner Stephen Hasegawa explains the nature of the alleged kickbacks in the case against ResMed in a FierceHealthcare article: The company charged service fees to those who sold competitors’...

Washington, DC, Jan. 17, 2020 – US News & World Report and bestlawyers.com have named Phillips & Cohen LLP to their annual rankings of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” for 2020,...

Phillips & Cohen Files Qui Tam Case Alleging Kickbacks ResMed Inc., a medical equipment manufacturer, has agreed to pay a total of $39.5 million to the federal government and certain states to settle...

Whistleblowers continue to deliver the federal government’s most significant wins against fraud, with “qui tam” cases responsible for most of the $3.05 billion the government recovered from fraud-related...

Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie contributes insights to a Bloomberg Law article about how pharmaceutical companies seeking patent extensions on brand-name drugs may encounter new legal challenges...