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Over $5 million Awarded to Company Insider

Labaton Sucharow

The SEC announced today that it would award between $5 million and $6 million to a whistleblower whose detailed information led the SEC to uncover securities violations which would have been “nearly impossible to detect” without the company insider’s help. The award is the third highest ever granted under the SEC whistleblower program since the...

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$3.5 Million Awarded to Whistleblower for Bolstering Investigation

Labaton Sucharow

Last Friday, the SEC announced it had granted a $3.5 million whistleblower award to an individual who provided additional information that supported an ongoing SEC investigation. The award, one of the largest granted to a single whistleblower in 2016, involves a unique set of circumstances and highlights the potential impact of whistleblowers who come forward...

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Federal and State Whistleblower Award Programs

We are Connected: The Global Reach of the Whistleblower

Labaton Sucharow

Last week, I was fortunate to travel to Australia to discuss corporate ethics and whistleblower issues with various economic, business, and political leaders. I also had the outstanding opportunity to address business and law students on the crucial importance of utilizing ethical conduct as a guiding principal for one’s career. As I have previously discussed,...

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Back whistleblowers to improve bank culture

The Australian Financial Review

Jordan A. Thomas discusses strategies regulators must make when taking on corporate criminals Jordan A. Thomas recently spoke about how officials must come up with new methods and techniques when cracking down on corporate corruption. Thomas said, “Traditionally the answer has always been ‘we need new leadership,’ and the new leadership comes in and...

Ethics Forgotten Amid Culture of Greed and Code of Silence

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan A. Thomas discusses strategies regulators must make when taking on corporate criminals Jordan A. Thomas recently spoke about how officials must come up with new methods and techniques when cracking down on corporate corruption. Thomas said, “Traditionally the answer has always been ‘we need new leadership,’ and the new leadership comes in and...

Corporate Watchdogs Need to Bare Their Teeth

Jordan A. Thomas discusses strategies regulators must make when taking on corporate criminals Jordan A. Thomas recently spoke about how officials must come up with new methods and techniques when cracking down on corporate corruption. Thomas said, “Traditionally the answer has always been ‘we need new leadership,’ and the new leadership comes in and...

Investor Bulletin: Investor Complaints

“The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) is issuing this Investor Bulletin to inform investors about how OIEA handles investor complaints and other ways investors may be able to resolve a securities-related dispute.” This document is relevant to a potential whistleblower in the financial services space because it discusses the various wrongdoing that...

Confidentiality: The Key Factor in Empowering Whistleblowers

Labaton Sucharow

In recent years, the SEC reported a number of important achievements regarding its whistleblower program, including a record number of tips from across the globe; increasingly large sanctions actions against industry giants; and, a more diverse pool of whistleblowers, such as outside analysts, compliance executives and officers and directors. While these developments are encouraging, we...

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SEC Awards $2 Million to Whistleblowers: Increased Tips Yield Results

Labaton Sucharow

Yesterday, the SEC awarded nearly $2 million to three whistleblowers. Approximately $1.8 million, the largest of the awards, was granted to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided original information that allowed the SEC to open an investigation and continued to provide information during the investigation. Two other whistleblowers, who provided information after the investigation started, each...

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A Victory Lap for the SEC

Labaton Sucharow

Last month, a jury sided with the SEC in a closely watched case, finding two stockbrokers liable for insider trading in connection with a $1.2 billion IBM acquisition. Though prosecutors had previously dropped the criminal case against the brokers, the SEC charged on, ending in an impressive court victory.The Commission is becoming expert at having—and...

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Newly Introduced WARN Act Offers Whistleblowers Critical Support

Labaton Sucharow

Last week, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-Retaliation Act of 2016 (WARN Act), a groundbreaking legislation that would encourage corporate whistleblowers, particularly those in the banking sector to come forward with enhanced protections, providing a safe passage that the industry has never before seen....

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Whistleblowers Represented by Jordan Thomas Earn Largest SEC Whistleblower Awards in History

New York, NY (March 19, 2018) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will award a group of whistleblowers more than $83 million, the largest awards announced since the SEC Whistleblower Program was established seven years ago. Represented by Jordan Thomas, the whistleblowers’ tips led to a landmark enforcement action that resulted in Merrill...

Once an SEC Regulator, Now Thriving as a Lawyer for Whistleblowers

The New York Times

In a profile piece published in The New York Times, Whistleblower Practice Chair Jordan A. Thomas talks about his decision to travel “the road not taken,” and how it has benefited those in difficult professional positions. After dealing with a traumatic upbringing and seeking emancipation from his parents at the age of 15, Thomas went...

2019 Half-Time Report
The SEC Whistleblower Program: Where Wall Street Answers to Main Street

We are pleased to bring our clients and friends a midyear report to highlight key awards, trends and issues of import in the SEC whistleblower arena. It’s an exciting time for whistleblowers, and, by extension, investors at large. Since the program’s roll-out, the Commission has received nearly 30,000 tips from 119 countries. Most remarkable, as...

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NPR Features Jordan Thomas on Planet Money Podcast, “The Whistleblower Whisperer”

NPR Planet Money

Leading SEC whistleblower attorney Jordan Thomas was featured on NPR’s Planet Money podcast. In the episode “The Whistleblower Whisperer,” Jordan tells Planet Money co-host Jacob Goldstein about his work representing whistleblowers who provided evidence to the SEC that led to landmark enforcement actions against Wall Street’s biggest banks, including Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan. Jordan also...

October 5, 2018

Jordan A. Thomas Named Whistleblower “Lawyer of the Year”

New York, NY – October 5, 2018 – [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] is pleased to announce that its leading SEC whistleblower attorney Jordan A. Thomas, a principal architect of the SEC Whistleblower Program who established the nation’s first law practice exclusively focused on SEC whistleblowers, has been named a 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” by the Taxpayers...

Named one of the top whistleblower practices/attorneys in the country by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and The New Yorker

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