December 22, 2015
HCA pays $2 million to settle whistleblower case
MIAMI, FLORIDA, December 22, 2015 – Hospital giant HCA has agreed to pay $2 million to the US and the state of Georgia to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Phillips & Cohen LLP that alleged...
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December 18, 2015
Whistleblower lawsuit leads to 32 more hospitals settling Medicare fraud allegations
WASHINGTON, DC, December 18, 2015 – Thirty-two hospitals in 15 states agreed to pay more than $28 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Phillips & Cohen LLP alleging that the hospitals...
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December 16, 2015
“IRS Whistleblower Program Has More Problems than the GAO Found.”
Article by Edward Arens published in Accounting Today, 12/16/15. “A recent report from the Government Accountability office says that despite whistleblowers’ growing importance to IRS recoveries,...
December 11, 2015
Phillips & Cohen partners selected as ‘Super Lawyers’ for 2016
WASHINGTON, DC, December 11, 2015 – Whistleblower attorneys Mary Louise Cohen and Erika Kelton, both partners at Phillips & Cohen LLP, were selected to the 2016 Super Lawyers list for Washington,...
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November 29, 2015
“Surgical monitoring firms receiving scrutiny for doctor deals.”
Peter Chatfield in Austin American-Statesman, 11/29/15. “Physicians feel the pressure, and they feel entitled to make more money after all of the years of school and sacrifice,” said Peter Chatfield,...
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November 23, 2015
Washingtonian names four Phillips & Cohen partners as top whistleblower lawyers
WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 2015 – Washingtonian magazine named four Phillips & Cohen partners – Mary Louise Cohen, Erika Kelton, Peter Chatfield and Colette Matzzie – in its 2015...
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November 16, 2015
Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton moderates panel with directors of CFTC and SEC whistleblower offices
WASHINGTON, DC, November 16, 2015 – Erika Kelton, a partner at Phillips & Cohen LLP, moderated a conference panel today with the heads of the whistleblower offices for the Commodity Futures Trading...
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November 10, 2015
Phillips & Cohen attorneys named as finalists for ‘Consumer Attorney of the Year’
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, November 10, 2015 – Whistleblower attorneys Stephen Hasegawa and Edward Arens of Phillips & Cohen LLP were among the finalists for the Consumer Attorneys Of California...
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November 05, 2015
SEC whistleblower award goes to Phillips & Cohen client
WASHINGTON, DC, November 5, 2015 – The Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded a whistleblower represented by Phillips & Cohen LLP $325,000 for information and assistance that exposed...
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November 04, 2015
“Health First calls for dismissal of over USD 1bn in whistleblower case, arguing allegations are already public – New Coverage.”
Claire Sylvia in Debtwire, 11/4/15. “In qui tam cases, the person bringing the case must be making allegations that aren’t already public, or must be an ‘original source,’ in other words have...
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