August 17, 2015
“WikiLeaks Crowdfunds for Trade Documents.”
Erika Kelton in The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/15. Any money that WikiLeaks raises can only go so far. “WikiLeaks can’t protect anyone’s job and there are serious questions as to the legal consequences...
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July 18, 2015
“New strategy, technology emerging in ongoing fight against healthcare fraud.”
Article by Peter Budetti published in Modern Healthcare, 7/18/15. “Healthcare fraud is a seemingly overwhelming problem. Large healthcare companies perpetrate systematic schemes, while corrupt practitioners...
July 17, 2015
“Supreme Court Says No Free Pass for Qui Tam Defendants in False Claims Act Cases.”
Article by Claire Sylvia and Colette Matzzie published on Law.com, 7/17/15. Phillips & Cohen’s Claire Sylvia and Colette Matzzie discuss the Supreme Court’s recent KBR ruling and its impact...
Third largest SEC whistleblower award goes to Phillips & Cohen client
WASHINGTON, DC, July 17, 2015 – A whistleblower represented by Phillips & Cohen LLP has received what is currently the Securities and Exchange Commission’s third largest whistleblower reward...
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June 29, 2015
Fixing Health Care – Response by Whistleblower Attorney to New Yorker Article
Letter to the editor by Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorney Peter Budetti, formerly a deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in response to “Overkill,”...
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June 24, 2015
“Bloomberg BNA Q&A with Peter Budetti, Of Counsel to Phillips & Cohen and Former CMS Deputy Administrator.”
Peter Budetti in Bloomberg BNA, 6/24/15. “However, public sector resources are never going to be enough [to fight fraud against the government]. The brilliance of the Lincoln Law that set up the FCA...
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June 16, 2015
Whistleblower attorney Erika Kelton named to national ‘Attorneys Who Matter’ list
WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2015 – Whistleblower attorney Erika Kelton, a partner at Phillips & Cohen LLP, has been recognized as one of the “Attorneys Who Matter” for 2015 by the Ethisphere...
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June 05, 2015
Food services contractor Chartwells pays $19.4M to settle whistleblower case involving DC school meal programs
WASHINGTON, DC, June 5, 2015 – Chartwells has settled a whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, involving management of school meal programs in Washington, DC, by paying the District...
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May 29, 2015
CEOs would pay attention to bonus clawbacks – Letter to the Editor
The Financial Times published the following letter to the editor from Erika Kelton, Phillips & Cohen partner, about the need for bonus clawbacks to help establish compliant corporate cultures. CEOs...
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May 27, 2015
“Whistleblowers dodge disaster in Supreme Court’s KBR decision.”
Colette Matzzie in Reuters, 5/27/15. That holding, said whistleblower lawyer Colette Matzzie of Phillips & Cohen, is a “tremendous victory.” It’s quite common in FCA litigation, she said, for...
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