April 05, 2011
Verizon pays $93.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit alleging Verizon overcharged government
WASHINGTON, DC – A whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen, filed against Verizon has resulted in the company paying the federal government $93.5 million to settle allegations that...
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March 15, 2011
IRS pays whistleblower $1.1M reward for exposing Wall Street and Enron tax fraud scheme
WASHINGTON, DC – The Internal Revenue Service has paid a $1.1 million reward to a whistleblower represented by Phillips & Cohen LLP for information that exposed an alleged tax fraud scheme by...
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February 27, 2011
Whistle Stop – Letter to the Editor
The New York Post published the following letter to the editor from Phillips & Cohen partners Erika A. Kelton advocating more funding for the SEC Whistleblower Office. Whistle Stop Allegations of...
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December 13, 2010
“SEC whistle-blower program worth protecting.”
Article by Erika A. Kelton published in The Washington Post, 12/13/2010. Washington’s business lobby has sprung into action to kill the new Securities and Exchange Commission whistle-blower program...
December 07, 2010
Kos Pharmaceuticals settles whistleblower case for $41.5 million
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, December 7, 2010 – The federal government announced today that Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay $41.5 million to settle a criminal fine and related civil fraud charges,...
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November 22, 2010
Whistleblower Program – Letter to the Editor
The National Law Journal published a letter to the editor from Phillips & Cohen partners Erika A. Kelton written in response to a column by a defense attorney who criticized the SEC whistleblower...
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November 05, 2010
Phillips & Cohen whistleblower case yields record settlement for fraud by U.S. contractor in Afghanistan
BALTIMORE, MD – A whistleblower lawsuit was the basis for the federal government’s fraud case against the Louis Berger Group that settled today for $69.3 million — the largest recovery...
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October 29, 2010
Whistleblower case alleging illegal export of military information settles
DENVER, COLORADO – Rocky Mountain Instrument Co. has agreed to pay $1 million to the federal government to settle civil charges, brought by Phillips & Cohen, related to the illegal export of...
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October 07, 2010
Medicare needs more, better reforms – Letter to the Editor
The Miami Herald published a letter from Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton advocating that the government devote more resources to pursuing the backlog of whistleblower cases. Medicare needs more,...
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August 11, 2010
Most whistleblowers have ‘clean hands’ – Letter to the Editor
The Financial Times published the following letter to the editor written by Phillips & Cohen partner Erika A. Kelton defending the SEC whistleblower program. Most whistleblowers have ‘clean...
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