Does Phillips & Cohen have the resources to devote to the litigation of major cases?
We commit whatever resources are necessary to win our clients’ cases. For two of our most high-profile qui tam cases – two lawsuits brought by whistleblowers against the nation’s largest for-profit healthcare provider, HCA – the costs exceeded $5 million. This included the costs of Medicare reimbursement experts, deposition transcripts, copying charges and other expenses. We assembled and directed a team of more than 70 lawyers from more than five law firms from around the country to handle the litigation. HCA paid $631 million to settle those two qui tam cases and a separate one brought by another whistleblower.
