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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March 28, 2017
“Trump includes $70M more to fight fraud, prevent overpayments”
Peter B. Budetti spoke to HCCA’s Report on Medicare Compliance in its March 27, 2017 issue about a proposed boost in the FY2018 presidential budget to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s...
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March 06, 2017
“Australia needs incentives for whistleblowers”
Letter to the Editor by Sean McKessy in the Australian Financial Review, 3/6/2017 “Critics of a legislative proposal to reward whistleblowers as a way to encourage them to come forward are totally...
February 24, 2017
“Whistleblowers fill gaps in Medicare oversight”
Peter B. Budetti was quoted in The Hill – Extra on 2/21/17 in a story about the important role whistleblowers play in uncovering Medicare Advantage fraud. From The Hill: Peter Budetti, an attorney...
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