Deborah Duffy

The US Department of Justice has raised the minimum and maximum penalties that can be assessed for violations of the False Claims Act, as well as civil monetary penalties under other laws, as part of...

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a $3 million whistleblower award to two international whistleblowers represented by Phillips & Cohen LLP. At the same time, the SEC announced it...

The government, often with the help of whistleblowers, has had some success recently using the False Claims Act in enforcement actions against home health agencies in fraud cases. In March, a federal court...

TAMPA, FLORIDA, April 12, 2022 – Physician Partners of America has agreed to pay a total of $24.5 million to the federal government and Florida to settle four whistleblower lawsuits, including one filed...

The outcome of a DC Circuit Court of Appeals review of a district court dismissal of a “qui tam” case based on the so-called “government action” bar could affect future whistleblower cases...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a landmark rule that would require public companies to disclose information about climate-related material risks likely to impact their businesses...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2022 – Sean McKessy, the primary architect of the US Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower program who now represents whistleblowers in private practice, has won...

BURLINGTON, VT, March 25, 2022 – The US Department of Justice has filed notice that it intends to join a whistleblower lawsuit against Modernizing Medicine and a co-founder alleging serious violations...

Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie tells Medscape that physicians who use electronic health record systems or other technology platforms that promote upcoding and overbilling for telehealth services...

Law360 quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Amy Easton in an article about the government’s prosecution of telehealth fraud cases. Phillips & Cohen LLP partner Amy L. Easton, a panelist at Wednesday’s...