March 29, 2019
Phillips & Cohen wins victory for IRS whistleblower client in US Tax Court.
WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2019 – Phillips & Cohen LLP has won for an IRS whistleblower client an important ruling from the US Tax Court that allows whistleblowers to challenge IRS award decisions...
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March 15, 2019
“New UK Watchdog Poised To Take On Embattled Audit Sector”
In a Law360 article, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton talks about what replacing the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) with the new regulatory agency, the Audit, Reporting, and Governance Authority,...
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March 11, 2019
“Barclays, Danske, Lloyds: three reasons why UK whistleblower laws must change”
By Erika Kelton, Phillips & Cohen LLP, as published in ELA Briefing. The recent run of whistleblower cases involving some of Europe’s biggest banks – Barclays, Danske and Lloyds – demonstrates...
“Providers hope for Stark overhaul to boost value-based payment”
Phillips & Cohen partner Peter Chatfield contributed the fraud-fighter’s perspective to a Modern Healthcare article about possible pending changes to the Stark Law, a key regulation that penalizes...
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March 01, 2019
Adventist Health System whistleblowers Gloria Pryor, Michael Payne and Melissa Church’s story
Gloria Pryor, Michael Payne and Melissa Church, former employees of an Adventist hospital in North Carolina, joined together to file a qui tam lawsuit alleging that Adventist Health System paid doctors...
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Community Health Systems Whistleblower Robert Baker’s story
Robert Baker alleged in a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit that Community Health System (CHS) was engaged in a scheme to improperly increase Medicaid payments to its three hospitals in New Mexico. CHS paid...
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February 26, 2019
Five Phillips & Cohen partners named to “Leading Lawyers in America” list
Washington, DC, February 26, 2019 – Lawdragon has named five partners with Phillips & Cohen LLP to its annual “500 Leading Lawyers in America” list based on their work representing whistleblowers....
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February 20, 2019
“New Justice Dept. policies, new AG may mute False Claims Act whistleblowers”
Phillips & Cohen partners John Phillips and Peter Chatfield weigh in on the possible implications of William P. Barr becoming US Attorney General for the enforcement of the False Claims Act. “There...
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February 08, 2019
Sprint’s $330 million settlement with New York sets record for state false claims cases
Sprint’s recent $330 million settlement with the New York State Attorney General’s Office set a record for the largest settlement for a single state under a state’s false claims law. The settlement,...
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“HCA Fights Revival of Kickback Suit Over Office Building Deals”
Phillips & Cohen partner Edward Arens provides his perspective as a whistleblower attorney on a qui tam case against hospital giant HCA alleging kickbacks and violations of the Stark Act. It’s common...
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