May 30, 2017
“Don’t mistake payments for approval, U.S. attorneys say”
Claire M. Sylvia, a partner at Phillips & Cohen, tells Bloomberg BNA’s Federal Contracts Report that “the government’s continued payment when it is on notice of an alleged violation”...
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May 24, 2017
New CFTC rules are a boon for whistleblowers
This week the Commodity Futures Trading Commission finalized several changes to its whistleblower rules that will strengthen the CFTC’s whistleblower program. Chief among them are rules that better protect...
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May 15, 2017
“More apologies are due from Barclays’ Staley”
Letter to the Editor by Erika A. Kelton in the Financial Times, 3/13/17. “Much has been made about Barclays chief executive Jes Staley’s apology to shareholders for the witch hunt he undertook...
May 10, 2017
“The right or wrong CHOICE for the SEC”
Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy speaks with Commercial Dispute Resolution where he explores the reasons why the Financial Choice Act’s provision to strip eligibility for rewards from whistleblowers...
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May 09, 2017
“Sean X. McKessy: King of the whistleblowers”
Sean X. McKessy, a partner at Phillips & Cohen, was profiled by Compliance Week in its “Top Minds Issue,” where it named him “King of the Whistleblowers” for his role “building...
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May 05, 2017
“IRS should use whistleblowers, not collection agencies, to close the tax gap”
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton wrote an op-ed in The Hill looking at why the IRS’s decision to once again hire private debt collectors to go after small overdue tax bills is misguided....
May 02, 2017
Three Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys named “Leading Lawyers in America”
WASHINGTON, DC, May 2, 2017 – Three Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys have been named to Lawdragon’s annual list of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America.” Mary Louise Cohen, Erika...
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May 01, 2017
Berkeley Heartlab & Quest Diagnostics Settle Whistleblower Case
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, May 1, 2017 – Quest Diagnostics and Berkeley Heartlab have agreed to pay a total of $6 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought on behalf...
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April 05, 2017
Wells Fargo whistleblower scores win in OSHA case with order for $5.4 million in back pay
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s whistleblower program reached a huge milestone last week when it ordered Wells Fargo to pay $5.4 million in back pay to a bank manager who was fired...
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“Wells Fargo Will Appeal $5.4M OSHA Whistleblower Award”
Stephen Hasegawa tells Corporate Counsel that the OSHA order for Wells Fargo to rehire a bank manager that used the company’s ethics hotline to report fraudulent activity back in 2010 and pay him...
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