Month: June 2023

Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie talked to Bloomberg Law on the Supreme Court’s decision in  United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive. Health Resources Inc. and about Justice Thomas’...

In June 2023, the CFTC’s Whistleblower Office notified the public that it is actively seeking whistleblower tips identifying manipulation or fraud in the carbon markets. What is carbon market fraud?...

P&C partner Stephen Hasegawa comments to Law 360 on the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. “I think almost everybody who practices in...

Whistleblower partner Erika Kelton discusses with Reuters the Odey scandal.  In the financial services industry there appears to be “a culture of permissiveness towards predatory and abusive conduct...

Partner Stephen Hasegawa commented to Bloomberg Law on the Supreme Court’s decision in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Exec. Health Resources Inc.: “The Supreme Court decided that if the government...

Statement of Stephen Hasegawa, partner and whistleblower attorney with Phillips and Cohen: “The Supreme Court decided that if the government wants to dismiss a False Claims Act case after the initial...

June 6, 2023–Lawdragon magazine has named 11 Phillips & Cohen partners to its 2023 list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” for their outstanding achievements representing whistleblowers....

Last week the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., and it was even better than some of us had predicted after the very positive oral argument....

Phillips and Cohen whistleblower partner Steve Hasegawa comments on a recent California Supreme Court decision for SHRM. California workers who report violations of the law to their supervisors can qualify...

Phillips and Cohen partner Stephen Hasegawa discusses the Supreme Court’s decision in SuperValu. Today’s ruling “stands for the common-sense proposition that the False Claims Act’s knowledge...