August 16, 2024
“Humana To Pay $90M To End 8-Year Medicare Drug FCA Battle”
Phillips & Cohen partners Edward Arens and Claire Sylvia discuss with Law 360 the $90 million settlement with Humana. “Although Humana asserted in court documents that the predictions underlying...
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Humana Settles for $90 Million Groundbreaking False Claims Act Case Alleging Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program Fraud
San Francisco, August 16, 2024 – Humana, a healthcare insurance company that contracts with Medicare to provide Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, agreed to pay $90 million to the federal government...
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August 09, 2024
DOJ Launches New Whistleblower Pilot Program
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program to help the agency ferret out corporate crime. Under the three-year pilot program, whistleblowers can...

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August 06, 2024
“Whistleblower Legal Sector Welcomes DOJ Pilot Program, but Concerns Remain”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton discusses the Department of Justice’s new whistleblower program with The Wall Street Journal. “Whistleblowers take enormous risks stepping forward, particularly...
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August 02, 2024
“DOJ Unveils Whistleblower Pilot, But Garners Atty Criticism”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton talks to Law 360 avout the Department of Justice’s new whistleblower program. Erika A. Kelton, a partner at the whistleblower firm Phillips & Cohen...

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August 01, 2024
DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Program to Combat Foreign Corruption and Financial Fraud
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (SEC) announced the agency’s new whistleblower rewards program. The program establishes rewards of up to 30 percent of the first $100 million in company forfeitures...

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July 31, 2024
AI Whistleblowers: Reporting Fraud in New Technologies
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) pervades current discussions in government, business, and academia. While the potential for this rapidly developing technology is both exciting and unnerving, some...

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July 15, 2024
“Pennsylvania Telecom Co. Will Pay $6.5M To Settle FCA Case”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie was quoted in Law 360’s story about Phillips & Cohen’s whistleblower lawsuit against the Armstrong Group of Companies. Armstrong agreed to pay...
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July 12, 2024
Armstrong Group Agrees to Pay $6.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Misallocating Costs Submitted to the FCC’s Universal Service Fund
Washington, DC, July 12, 2024— The Armstrong Group of Companies agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle allegations the companies submitted false claims to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s...
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June 27, 2024
CFTC takes its first enforcement action against obstruction of whistleblower communications to the agency
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken its first enforcement action to protect whistleblower communications to the CFTC. On June 17, the CFTC announced a $55 million fine against global...

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