October 07, 2020
“Increased award volume breathes new life into SEC whistleblower program”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, the former chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, provides insights into how the SEC has been able to make a record number of whistleblower awards this...
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October 05, 2020
“The Evolving Debate Over The Government’s Dismissal Authority Under The False Claims Act”
Does the Department of Justice have the authority under the False Claims Act to dismiss qui tam lawsuits without providing justification for doing so? Phillips & Cohen partner Claire Sylvia looks at...
October 02, 2020
SEC whistleblower program sets records in FY 2020 with $175M in awards
The Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower program had a banner year in fiscal year 2020, with 39 whistleblowers receiving a total of $175 million in awards. The total amount of SEC whistleblower...
October 01, 2020
“Physicians Misjudge a Terminal Patient’s Life Span: Is It Fraud?”
Phillips & Cohen partner Peter Chatfield provides the whistleblower’s perspective in a Medscape article about healthcare fraud in hospice care. On the whistleblower side, attorneys will continue...
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September 28, 2020
“Linde agrees to $22.8m settlement of whistleblower lawsuit”
Phillips & Cohen partner Steve Hasegawa frames the significance of Linde GmbH’s $22.8 million settlement of the firm’s qui tam lawsuit alleging customs fraud in a story by gasworld. “When companies...
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September 23, 2020
“‘A Sleight of Hand’: Whistleblower Lawyers Recoil at SEC’s New Rules”
The National Law Journal quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy in its coverage of the SEC’s adoption of new whistleblower program rules and the SEC’s decision that it may reduce whistleblower...
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“Whistleblower advocates up in arms over changes to SEC program”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy condemns recently adopted changes to the SEC whistleblower program in a Compliance Week article examining the response to the program’s new rules. Sean McKessy,...
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“Divided SEC approves new whistleblower award rules”
Bloomberg Law cites the views of Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, the former Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, on how the SEC’s newly adopted whistleblower program rule changes...
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“SEC Votes to Amend Whistleblower-Award Rules”
In a Wall Street Journal report on the SEC’s newly adopted whistleblower program rule changes, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton voices her concerns about how the changes could affect whistleblowers....
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September 18, 2020
Proposed SEC whistleblower rules might harm program
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is considering new whistleblower program rules, which include a defacto cap on whistleblower rewards that would discourage highly placed insiders from blowing...
