Jen Fuson

May 1, 2023–SouthEast Eye Specialists, together with SouthEast Eye Surgery Center and the Eye Surgery Center of Chattanooga (SEES), agreed to pay the United States and Tennessee $17,000,000 to resolve...

Washington, DC, April 29, 2023 – The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a $1.9 million whistleblower award to a whistleblower represented by Phillips & Cohen LLP.  The SEC does not reveal...

Statement of Erika Kelton, Partner and whistleblower attorney with Phillips and Cohen “This is a historic action that shows the new CFTC Director of Enforcement Ian McGinley is willing to put teeth into...

Phillips and Cohen partner Claire Sylvia discusses with Bloomberg News the oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court’s in US ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. case. “The Justices seemed to view...

Washington, DC–April 18, 2023 – Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc., a set of cases concerning a critical element of liability under...

In a case that serves as an important warning for nonpublic startup companies that may think their status insulates them from regulatory oversight, the government brought charges against the CEO of Frank,...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board announced Wells Fargo will pay $97.8 million for helping facilitate more than 100 financial transactions, violating U.S. sanctions against...

Phillips and Cohen partner Peter Chatfield talked to CNBC about whistleblower Donna Hecker-Gross’ case against Labcorp: “She believed Labcorp was responsible for repaying all the overcharges,...

This month Senators Chuck Grassley (R- Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reintroduced legislation designed to strengthen the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program.  The bipartisan legislation...

Washington, DC—March 27, 2023—Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp), a global healthcare company that provides clinical lab services, has agreed to pay a total of $2.1 million to the federal...