Jen Fuson

What are SPACs? Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or “SPACs”, are publicly traded companies that have no commercial operations and are formed solely to raise capital for the purpose of acquiring...

Last month, in a closely watched case, the D.C. Circuit resolved a dispute about a rarely invoked bar to certain whistleblower actions brought under the False Claims Act. In U.S. ex rel. Vt. Nat’l Tel....

Washington, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., a case with the potential to significantly impact cases under the False Claims...

The SEC shows no signs of slowing down on taking enforcement actions against COVID-related fraud by public companies. On March 31, 2022, the SEC reached a settlement with healthcare software company SCWorx,...

In May, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged BNY Mellon Investment Adviser (“BNY Mellon”) with misrepresenting that certain mutual fund investments had undergone Environmental, Social, and...

Washington, DC, June 1, 2022 – Caris Life Sciences, a clinical laboratory based in Texas, has agreed to pay more than $2.8 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed under...

Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie tells Bloomberg News that a DC Circuit Court Ruling in a multi-billion-dollar qui tam case against Dish Network-controlled companies is good news for whistleblowers....