March 13, 2024
Government Joins Whistleblower Case Alleging Six Health Systems and Medical Centers Defrauded the Department of Defense
DOJ Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Major Health Systems Washington, DC—The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today joined a newly unsealed whistleblower lawsuit filed by Phillips & Cohen LLP...
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March 12, 2024
“Planned Parenthood Appeal Poses Immunity Risks for Companies”
Phillips & Cohen partner Steve Hasegawa spoke to Bloomberg Law about the Planned Parenthood whistleblower Medicaid fraud lawsuit. The Fifth Circuit could “thread a needle” and determine that...
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March 07, 2024
DOJ Needs to Provide Minimum Whistleblower Award
Statement of Erika Kelton, an international whistleblower attorney and partner with Phillip & Cohen: “Today’s expected announcement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will further incentivize...
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February 23, 2024
“GCs Urged to Act Before Employees Become Whistleblowers”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy talked to Legal Dive about the Supreme Court’s decision in Murray v. UBS. According to McKessy, there would have been no protection at all for whistleblowers...
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February 06, 2024
“FinCEN Pressured to Implement Anti-Money-Laundering, Sanctions Whistleblower Program”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton talked to The Wall Street Journal about FinCEN’s anti-money laundering whistleblower program and the agency’s lack of enforcement resources. “FinCEN’s...
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January 22, 2024
Five Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys named to Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Lawyers in America” for 2024
Washington, DC, January 22, 2024— Lawdragon has named five Phillips & Cohen partners –Peter Wilson Chatfield, Stephen Hasegawa, Erika Kelton, Colette Matzzie, and Sean McKessy —to its...
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January 10, 2024
“Attys Want These 3 Changes to IRS Whistleblower Program”
Phillips & Cohen partner Edward Arens spoke to Law 360 about necessary changes to the IRS Whistleblower Program. “The agency needs to communicate with whistleblowers on an ongoing basis about...
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January 08, 2024
Atlantic Home Health Care Settles Fraud Allegations Related to “Telehealth” and Kickbacks for $9.9 Million
Washington, DC— January 5, 2024— Atlantic Home Health Care, LLC agreed to pay $9.9 million – on an ability to pay basis – to settle allegations the company treated patients suffering from...
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January 04, 2024
Phillips & Cohen Clients Recover More than $370 Million for the Government in 2023
Our Largest Settlements in 2023 Washington, DC, January 4, 2024 – Phillips & Cohen represented whistleblower clients whose cases are responsible for returning to the U.S. Treasury hundreds of millions...
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December 29, 2023
“Kickbacks, Materiality Were Focus of Biggest FCA Opinions in 2023”
Bloomberg Law reports on the False Claims Act litigation landscape in 2023, talking with Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie. The article reads: “An FCA defendant’s continued payments...
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