August 01, 2024
DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Program to Combat Foreign Corruption and Financial Fraud
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (SEC) announced the agency’s new whistleblower rewards program. The program establishes rewards of up to 30 percent of the first $100 million in company forfeitures...
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July 15, 2024
“Pennsylvania Telecom Co. Will Pay $6.5M To Settle FCA Case”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie was quoted in Law 360’s story about Phillips & Cohen’s whistleblower lawsuit against the Armstrong Group of Companies. Armstrong agreed to pay...
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July 12, 2024
Armstrong Group Agrees to Pay $6.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Misallocating Costs Submitted to the FCC’s Universal Service Fund
Washington, DC, July 12, 2024— The Armstrong Group of Companies agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle allegations the companies submitted false claims to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s...
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June 18, 2024
Protect Whistle-Blowers – Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor of The New York Times from Phillips & Cohen partner Sam Brown discussing the need to protect whistleblowers in the largely unregulated technology sector. “Insiders Warn of...
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June 17, 2024
Statement: CFTC Orders Trafigura to Pay a $55 Million Civil Penalty
Trafigura’s $55 Million Settlement and CFTC Compliance Measures Today the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Trafigura Trading...
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June 07, 2024
Urgent Care Clinic CityMD Settles False Claims Act Case for $12 Million Over COVID-19 Fraud
Overview of CityMD’s $12 Million False Claims Act Settlement Washington, DC, June 7, 2024 – Urgent care walk-in clinic chain CityMD agreed to pay $12.037 million to the federal government, including...
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June 04, 2024
Twelve Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys selected for Lawdragon’s 2024 “Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” list
June 4, 2024 – Lawdragon magazine has named 12 Phillips & Cohen partners to its 2024 list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” for their outstanding achievements representing whistleblowers...
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March 14, 2024
Statement: CFTC Whistleblower Program Awards $1.25 million to Whistleblower
Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award totaling approximately $1.25 million to a whistleblower who satisfied the CFTC’s whistleblower rules by raising...
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March 13, 2024
“Feds Accuse Martin’s Point of Defrauding Military Health Plan”
Phillips & Cohen partner Jeffrey Dickstein was quoted in the Portland Press Herald about Phillips & Cohen’s whistleblower lawsuit against six healthcare providers that the Department of Justice...
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“New DOJ Whistleblower Rewards Policy Has Lawyers Gearing Up”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton talked to Bloomberg Law’s Ben Penn about the Department of Justice’s new pilot whistleblower awards program and the possibility Foreign Corrupt Practices...
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