Jacob Fischler

For decades the False Claims Act and its “qui tam” whistleblower provision has been used to fight contractors who overcharge the government and engage in other types of fraud. But a recent settlement...

WASHINGTON, DC, January 3, 2017 – Erika Kelton and Sean McKessy, partners at the whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP, have been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s “Attorneys...

LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, December 7, 2010 – The federal government announced today that Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay $41.5 million to settle a criminal fine and related civil fraud charges,...

One of the major whistleblowers in the qui tam lawsuits against healthcare giant HCA has written a book about his experience, described by his publisher as a “harrowing journey from ordinary citizen...

WASHINGTON, DC – A whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, has exposed an illegal scheme where doctors have purchased illegally imported cancer drugs as a way to cut their costs and...

NYSERNet.Net Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $1.4 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Phillips & Cohen that charged it misused millions of dollars from federal grants...

Lovelace Health System, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cigna Corp., has agreed to pay the federal government a record $24.5 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Phillips & Cohen that alleges...

TAP Pharmaceutical whistleblower Joseph Gerstein alleged in a qui tam whistleblower complaint that TAP was paying illegal kickbacks to doctors who dispensed the company’s high priced prostate cancer...

WASHINGTON, DC – The proposed Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. settlement announced yesterday is only the first step in resolving a series of whistleblower lawsuits, brought by Phillips & Cohen,...