Melanie Yates

WASHINGTON, DC – Phillips & Cohen LLP is representing Common Cause in a whistleblower case filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last week that says the American Legislative Exchange...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The whistleblower whose False Claims Act case against a wholly owned subsidiary of Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) settled for about $37 million said he was pleased with the...

PLANO, TX – Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its parent company, Cypress Pharmaceutical Inc., have paid the federal government and certain states a total of $2.8 million to settle a whistleblower...

WASHINGTON, DC – A whistleblower law passed 25 years ago to little fanfare has helped the government recover more than $30 billion and become the government’s most successful weapon in the...

WASHINGTON, DC – A House bill that would make major changes to the Securities & Exchange Commission’s new whistleblower program would essentially kill an important enforcement tool for...

NEW YORK CITY, NY – The Wall Street Journal published on Jan. 4, 2012, an edited version of the following letter to the editor written by Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton, who represented...

WASHINGTON, DC – Washingtonian magazine has named three Phillips & Cohen partners – John R. Phillips, Erika A. Kelton and Peter W Chatfield — to its 2011 “Best Lawyers”...

WASHINGTON, DC – The article, “The False Claims Act: A Weapon Often Overlooked,” says other points to consider are the amount of experience with qui tam whistleblower cases and whether...

NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York has the strongest whistleblower law in the country and is eager to put it to use to fight fraud against the government and financial fraud, said New York Attorney General...

WASHINGTON, DC – Below are statements from Erika A. Kelton partners with Phillips & Cohen LLP, regarding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission vote today on final rules for the whistleblower...