Jacob Fischler

A New York False Claims Act whistleblower case involving alleged tax fraud by a hedge fund settled for $40 million, the largest such case in state history.

Two recent decisions from the Tax Court underscore the uncertainty that whistleblowers filing claims with the Internal Revenue Service face when it comes to preserving their anonymity. Although both cases...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s whistleblower program reached a huge milestone last week when it ordered Wells Fargo to pay $5.4 million in back pay to a bank manager who was fired...

Stephen Hasegawa tells Corporate Counsel that the OSHA order for Wells Fargo to rehire a bank manager that used the company’s ethics hotline to report fraudulent activity back in 2010 and pay him...

Peter B. Budetti spoke to HCCA’s Report on Medicare Compliance in its March 27, 2017 issue about a proposed boost in the FY2018 presidential budget to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s...

Two Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys wrote an article for New York University’s Compliance & Enforcement blog that examines the issue of who is a whistleblower as defined by the Dodd-Frank...

A recent decision by a federal court in California has helped clarify that whistleblowers can still stop harmful off-label marketing by pharma companies through “qui tam” lawsuits in certain instances...

Letter to the Editor by Sean McKessy in the Australian Financial Review, 3/6/2017 “Critics of a legislative proposal to reward whistleblowers as a way to encourage them to come forward are totally...

A recent Appeals Court decision could force whistleblowers into lengthy and expensive litigation, even if a whistleblower and defendant reach a settlement agreement for a “qui tam” (whistleblower)...

Peter B. Budetti was quoted in The Hill – Extra on 2/21/17 in a story about the important role whistleblowers play in uncovering Medicare Advantage fraud. From The Hill: Peter Budetti, an attorney...