Month: December 2020

Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton explains the importance of the recent SEC enforcement action against Cheesecake Factory in an article for Accounting Today. The recent settlement that Cheesecake...

The Wall Street Journal quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy about the challenges faced by professionals in compliance and internal audit roles when becoming whistleblowers. The presumption...

Tax whistleblower could receive rewards and protection from job retaliation under an amendment to the District of Columbia False Claims Act that the District Council passed this month. The tax whistleblower...

Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy explains in a Bloomberg Law article why the SEC’s Dec. 14 whistleblower award to an individual with audit responsibilities is exceptional. Awards to people with...

In a Compliance Week article, Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy discusses missed opportunities in the new anti-money laundering whistleblower program included in the National Defense Authorization...

In a letter to Financial Times, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton responds to an article about protection whistleblower, arguing for stronger protections in the UK. Whistleblowers definitely need...

Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy discusses the implications of rules changes to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program in the Corporate Counsel Business Journal‘s...

Opioid giant Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty last week to fraud and kickback violations, cementing the power of the US False Claims Act and anti-kickback laws in fighting pharmaceutical companies’ corrupt...

WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 2, 2020 – Washingtonian magazine has named two Phillips & Cohen LLP partners – Erika Kelton and Peter Chatfield – to its 2020 list of “Top Lawyers” for their work representing...