Melanie Yates

BOSTON, MA — Hewlett Packard Co. and Agilent Technologies Inc. have agreed to pay a total of $7 million to the federal government to settle charges, brought by Phillips & Cohen, that they knowingly...

LOS ANGELES, CA – Tenet Healthcare Corp. has agreed to pay $55.75 million to the government to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, including a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Phillips & Cohen...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Accounting giant KPMG LLP has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, that alleged the firm helped Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp....

WASHINGTON, DC — A U.S. district judge in Florida has awarded a whistleblower, represented by Phillips & Cohen, 24 percent of an $85.7 million Medicare fraud settlement, noting that “only his...

BOSTON, MA — Initiated by whistleblowers, represented by Phillips & Cohen, and joined by the United States Department of Justice, two civil False Claims Act lawsuits charged TAP with paying illegal...

WASHINGTON, DC – W.R. Grace & Co. and its former book division, Baker & Taylor Inc., agreed this week to pay $15.5 million to settle charges that they defrauded libraries, schools and government...

Article by Erika Kelton published in False Claims Act and Qui Tam Quarterly Review, July 2000. In December 1993, Michael R. Lissack was on vacation in Florida and read a brief article in the financial...

NEW YORK CITY, NY — Seventeen investment banks have agreed to pay about $140 million to the federal government to settle charges, brought by Phillips & Cohen, that they defrauded the federal government...

The New York Times published the following letter to the editor from Phillips & Cohen partners John R. Phillips and Mary Louise Cohen discussing the path for whistleblowers. A Better Road For Whistle-Blowers...

Article by Erika Kelton published in International Trade Reporter, 5/12/99. A new era in customs fraud enforcement is emerging as a result of a Civil War-era law. The law, known as the False Claims Act,...