February 14, 2022
‘Significant Resolutions’ Of Foreign Bribery Cases Expected This Year
With the Biden administration making repeated commitments to fight bribery and corruption and a jump in whistleblower submissions to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, signs are promising for aggressive...
February 11, 2022
SEC proposal seeks to undo Trump-era whistleblower changes
In Compliance Week, Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, a former Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, applauds the SEC’s proposal to fix certain changes that were made to whistleblower...
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SEC looking into Apple’s use of nondisclosure agreements, whistleblower says
Sean McKessy, the former Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower and partner at Phillips & Cohen, recently contributed to a Washington Post story related to the SEC investigating Apple for its...
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February 04, 2022
SEC whistleblower award for $37M goes to Phillips & Cohen’s international clients
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 4, 2022 – The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent $37 million whistleblower award was issued to two individuals who filed a joint whistleblower submission to the SEC...
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January 19, 2022
“How GCs Can Navigate A Slew Of Whistleblower Tips”
Law360 extensively quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy, the former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program, about how companies and their general counsel...
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Expect Aggressive Enforcement of Stark and AKS to Continue
Phillips & Cohen attorney Molly Knobler analyzes DOJ’s recent Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statue enforcement actions in an article for the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics’ Compliance...
January 18, 2022
NJ, NY pain management clinics pay $7.4 million to settle Medicare fraud case
The Courier News cites Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys Colette Matzzie and Emily Stabile in its coverage of their clients’ qui tam case against several New York and New Jersey pain management...
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January 13, 2022
NY, NJ Health Centers Reach $7.5M Deal To End FCA Claims
Law360 quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie in its story about the $7.5 million settlement of her clients’ qui tam case against a number of pain management clinics and their physician...
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January 12, 2022
Whistleblower’s pain management clinics billing fraud case settles for $7.4M
New York City, NY, Jan. 12, 2022 — A group of pain management clinics and surgery centers in New Jersey and New York City and their physician owner have agreed to pay the government $7.4 million to settle...
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December 18, 2021
SEC And CFTC Whistleblowers Flex In 2021
In an article for Forbes.com, Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton extolls the incredible achievements by Dodd-Frank whistleblowers in 2021, including the blockbuster revelations of Facebook whistleblower...