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Whistleblowers: Heroes, traitors, opportunists

The Federal Bar Council will host a Whistleblower CLE program titled “Whistleblowers: Incentives, Protections, Risks” on June 21, 2016. This program explores the continuum of whistleblowing experiences from the incentivized whistleblower under the Qui Tam Act or under the SEC’s Whistleblower program all the way to the unprotected national security whistleblowers such as Thomas Drake...

Second largest SEC whistleblower award given in financial services investigation

Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...

SEC Issues $17 Million Whistleblower Award

The Wall Street Journal

Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...

SEC awards $17 million to whistleblower

The Washington Post

Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...

Whistleblower Gets $17 Million in Second-Biggest SEC Award

Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...

SEC Pays Out $17M Whistleblower Award – Second-highest award since program launched nearly five years ago

Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...

Blow the gold whistle: SEC awards tipster $17M in second-largest payout

Washington Examiner

Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...

Whistleblower Bounties: Is It Ethical for Lawyers to Accept Them?

The ABA will host its National Conference on Professional Responsibility, bringing together legal scholars, jurists and specialists in the professional responsibility field for two days of intensive seminars covering a wide range of issues. Conference topics address recent trends and developments in legal ethics, professional discipline for lawyers, professionalism and practice issues. Partner Jordan A....

Critics Scoff At Developing Forex Market Code Of Conduct

Jordan A. Thomas discusses steps the industry and regulators have taken in developing the code of conduct for the foreign exchange sector Global regulators recently unveiled their first pass at a uniform code of conduct for the foreign exchange market following a wave of multibillion-dollar rate-rigging settlements, but critics said the proposal was too long...

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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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...

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