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October 20, 2014
2014 Enforcement Division Report
Last week, the SEC released key data relating to Enforcement Division activity in FY 2014.  Among the highlights, we note a 10% increase in enforcement actions over the prior year. Most importantly, monetary sanctions are significantly larger; a 22% increase in penalties an disgorgement as compared to FY 2013.  Whistleblowers continue to play a crucial...
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October 12, 2014
Employment Agreements that Undermine Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions
American Bar Association
In an article for the American Bar Association’s Journal of Labor & Employment Law, the authoritative publication for workplace issues, together with Professor Richard Moberly and fellow attorney Jason Zuckerman, Jordan A. Thomas examines the legality and enforcement of employment agreements that effectively undermine the crucial investor protection efforts established by the Dodd-Frank Act. Please click here...
Articles & Perspectives
October 7, 2014
Wall Street Moles Go to New York’s Top Cop, Spurning SEC Cash
Bloomberg
In discussing a recent trend in why whistleblowers, whose desire for quick results when taking tips or complaints to the SEC, were approaching the New York Attorney General, [prior firm] partner Jordan A. Thomas said, “The SEC receives thousands of whistleblower tips every year, which they can only investigate a fraction of.” At the same...
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October 2, 2014
22nd Annual Ethics and Compliance Conference
The Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) hosted its 22nd annual Ethics and Compliance Conference from Wednesday, October 1 to Friday, October 3, 2014. The conference featured interactive plenary and breakout sessions led by ethics and compliance practitioners, subject-matter experts, academicians and business leaders. Partner Jordan A. Thomas spoke during the plenary session “The Advent...
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September 26, 2014
2nd Circ. Could Resurrect Zombie SEC Whistleblowers
Law360
The New York federal appeals court is set to hear arguments from Larry Stryker, a whistleblower whose award claim was denied by the SEC because he tipped the agency before the July 21, 2010, enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act. “Unfortunately, the odds are long for the whistleblower in this case because courts typically give deference...
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September 22, 2014
Foreign Tipster Awarded Over $30M In SEC’s Largest-Ever Whistleblower Bounty
Bloomberg BNA
On September 22, 2014, the SEC announced that it will award an unnamed foreign national more than $30 million for information that led to an enforcement action. Bloomberg BNA The SEC’s previous largest-ever reward—$14 million awarded in October 2013 (191 SLD, 10/2/13)—resulted in a spike in the program, said Jordan Thomas, a Washington-based . ....
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September 22, 2014
SEC Cements Status as Go-To Whistleblower Agency
Law360
On September 22, 2014, the SEC announced that it will award an unnamed foreign national more than $30 million for information that led to an enforcement action. Bloomberg BNA The SEC’s previous largest-ever reward—$14 million awarded in October 2013 (191 SLD, 10/2/13)—resulted in a spike in the program, said Jordan Thomas, a Washington-based . ....
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September 22, 2014
Record $30 Million Whistleblower Award From SEC Will Bring Attention to the Program
InsideCounsel
On September 22, 2014, the SEC announced that it will award an unnamed foreign national more than $30 million for information that led to an enforcement action. Bloomberg BNA The SEC’s previous largest-ever reward—$14 million awarded in October 2013 (191 SLD, 10/2/13)—resulted in a spike in the program, said Jordan Thomas, a Washington-based . ....
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September 22, 2014
Foreign SEC Tipster Gets Record $30 Million Award
AmLaw Litigation Daily
On September 22, 2014, the SEC announced that it will award an unnamed foreign national more than $30 million for information that led to an enforcement action. Bloomberg BNA The SEC’s previous largest-ever reward—$14 million awarded in October 2013 (191 SLD, 10/2/13)—resulted in a spike in the program, said Jordan Thomas, a Washington-based . ....
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September 17, 2014
Holder’s Whistleblower Proposal Omits Key To SEC’s Success
Law360
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s proposal Wednesday to dramatically increase the size of monetary awards Wall Street tipsters can receive under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act may bring in more leads, but some experts say an amped-up rewards program should also take a cue from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which...
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September 15, 2014
2014, IRS, SEC and CFTC Whistleblower “Boot Camp”
The Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (TAF) hosted its 2014 IRS, SEC and CFTC Whistleblower “Boot Camp” on Monday, September 15, 2014. Partner Jordan A. Thomas spoke on the panel titled, “Best Practices and Strategies for SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Practitioners,” which covered a variety of practice pointers for the SEC whistleblower program, including attorneys...
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September 12, 2014
The Corporate Officer as SEC Whistleblower?
Labaton Sucharow
Corporate officers owe certain fiduciary duties, including a duty of loyalty, to an organization and its shareholders. What is required when the officer discovers possible violations of the federal securities laws? In an article in Risk Management Magazine Jordan Thomas and Lawrence A. Hamermesh examine corporate officers’ rights and duties in light of the new...
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March 19, 2018
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...
In The News
March 20, 2018
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...
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July 29, 2019
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...
Articles & Perspectives
May 30, 2019
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...
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October 5, 2018
Jordan A. Thomas Named Whistleblower “Lawyer of the Year”
Press Release
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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