May 12, 2015
“Arrest of U.K Trader Puts a Spotlight on Whistle-Blowers.”
Erika Kelton in Institutional Investor, 5/12/15. Anonymity has been central to the successes that have occurred so far, according to Erika Kelton, a partner at Phillips & Cohen in San Francisco and...
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April 14, 2015
“Confidentiality Agreements Must Not Protect Crimes.”
Article by Erika A. Kelton and Stephen S. Hasegawa published in The Wall Street Journal, 4/14/15. “For more than 25 years we have seen companies make overblown claims of trade secrets and business...
April 02, 2015
“SEC Hits Back At KBR And Other Corporate Bullies Who Threaten Whistleblowers.”
Article by Erika Kelton published on Forbes.com, 4/2/15. “The Securities and Exchange Commission scored a major win on behalf of whistleblowers this week in an enforcement action against engineering...
March 16, 2015
“Phillips & Cohen Nabs Obama’s Former ‘Anti-Fraud Czar.’”
Peter Budetti in Law360.com, 3/16/15. The Obama administration’s former “anti-fraud czar” for Medicare and Medicaid has joined whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP, adding insider savvy...
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February 23, 2015
“Whistle-blowers Should Be Rewarded, Says US Lawyer.”
Erika Kelton in Folha De S. Paulo, 2/23/15. ( “Delatores devem ser premiados, afirma advogada norte-americana,” translated from Portugese.) Executives who want to report harmful practices to the public...
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January 06, 2015
“Lawyers on All Sides See Whistleblowing Evolving Fast.”
Erika Kelton in Corporate Counsel, 1/6/15. In September, the commission [SEC] authorized a payout of $30 million to a whistleblower living abroad. Erika Kelton of Phillips & Cohen, the attorney responsible...
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January 06, 2015
“SEC Fights “Pre-taliation” Against Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers.”
Erika Kelton in Compliance Week, 1/6/15. Kelton, a partner at law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP who recently helped one of her clients obtain the largest SEC whistleblower reward ever ($30 million), says...
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December 28, 2014
“These whistleblowers earn millions.”
Erika Kelton in Le Journal du Dimanche, 12/28/14. (“Ces lanceurs d’alerte qui gagnent des millions,” translated from French) “Now the people who really know what is happening within a company...
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December 24, 2014
“Companies Risk SEC’s Wrath By Discouraging Whistle-blowers.”
Erika Kelton in FierceCFO, 12/12/14. In that vein, Erika Kelton, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Phillips & Cohen, a leading representative of whistle-blowers, observed during...
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December 12, 2014
“Foreign Whistleblowers Gaining Traction.”
Erika Kelton in The Wall Street Journal, 12/12/14. Kelton, also speaking at the seminar, said foreign tipsters primarily find her over the Internet, though some come through referrals or after hearing...
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