Phillips & Cohen

While the exchanges bicker over the cost of implementing real-time market tracking systems (“Charges Bring SEC Hope for New Weapon,” Wall Street Journal, Aug. 30), on-the-ground whistleblowers remain...

In a 73-page report released today, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has accused the Pentagon’s official watchdog of complete failure in their responsibility to audit defense contracts to prevent fraud....

Cisco and Westcon Group North America have agreed to pay $48 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act through misrepresentations made to the General Services Administration...

There’s a remarkable new trend in federal courts: Judges are refusing to rubber stamp deals federal agencies have worked out with financial industry defendants. Is this a sign of things to come? The...

Allergen, Inc., the maker of Botox Therapeutic, has agreed to plead guilty and pay $600 million, following the criminal and civil accusations that it was actively promoting Botox for “off-label” uses...

This month’s New York False Claims Act amendment has received attention from the New York Times blogger Nicholas Confessore, who notes that the new law could “sharply expand investigations of wealthy...

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced today that his Medicaid Fraud Control unit has recovered over $400 million since 2007, following numerous investigations into the activities of various...

A case filed under the False Claims Act has resulted in the payment of $6.9 million to the United States by energy companies Dominion Oklahoma Texas Exploration & Production Inc. and Marathon Oil Company,...

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is encouraging those with knowledge of fraud in the health care and pharmaceutical industries to come forward and act as whistleblowers, by reminding workers in those...

New York Governor David Paterson signed into law today a bill that amends the New York False Claims Act, strengthening the act so as to be “at least as effective as the federal Act.” In addition to...