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SEC Announces New Whistleblower Award

Labaton Sucharow

The SEC announced yesterday that it will pay two whistleblowers an award of $875,000 for their reporting of original information that led to a successful SEC enforcement action. The total award, which will be split equally between the two whistleblowers, represents 30% of the sanctions collected by the SEC in the case – the maximum percentage award...

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Wall Street Whistleblowers – The High Price of Taking a Stand; William D. Cohan on Wall Street Whistleblowers

Financial Times Weekend Magazine

Jordan Thomas believes the fact that Dodd-Frank allows anonymity for whistleblowers facilitates the reporting of wrongdoing while offering them protection from retaliation, which is the point after all. “Essentially most whistleblower horror stories start with retaliation,” he says. “And to be retaliated against, you have to be known. The genius of Dodd-Frank was it created...

[Jordan Thomas][Prior Firm][‘s] Client Profiled in Financial Times

One of the first pieces of advice we give to any prospective client is that while being a whistleblower can be rewarding in many ways, it’s not always easy or glamorous. To the contrary, being a whistleblower can present significant personal and professional challenges, as an article published in this week’s Financial Times Weekend Magazine highlights. The...

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What’s the Harm of Corporate Scandals?

Labaton Sucharow

In our experience, one of the primary reasons that whistleblowers come forward to report possible securities violations (and the reason that many attorneys like us chose to devote our professional lives to representing whistleblowers) is concern about the harm that financial misconduct causes. In some cases, this harm is easy to perceive and measure: shareholders...

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How To Avoid Botching Your Internal Investigation

While not all of the retaliation may be real, what’s important is that it is perceived, according to Jordan Thomas, chair of a prominent whistleblower representation practice. Since the majority of people who report wrongdoing do so internally first, companies have an obligation to make sure they take care of those employees — before they...

CFTC Announces First Whistleblower Award

Labaton Sucharow

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced on Tuesday the first award paid under the CFTC Whistleblower Program launched in 2010. Like the SEC Whistleblower Program, the CFTC Whistleblower Program was created by the Dodd-Frank Act, and allows eligible individuals to receive a monetary award if they provide original information that leads to a successful CFTC enforcement action resulting...

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CFTC Issues 1st Whistleblower Award but Questions Linger

“The agency’s efforts to protect the identity of whistleblowers by limiting the amount of information in the announcement will only give greater confidence to whistleblowers who choose to come forward in the future,” he said.

INVESTOR ALERT: MARIJUANA-RELATED INVESTMENTS

“The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Alert to warn investors about potential risks involving investments in marijuana-related companies.” This alert highlights to potential whistleblowers that while marijuana is becoming legalized in some areas and decriminalized in others, investing in marijuana related companies could still be a violation of securities...

SEC Wins Fraud and Insider Trading Trial Against Texas Investors

Labaton Sucharow

The SEC secured a major trial victory this week after a federal jury in Manhattan found Texas investors Sam and Charles Wyly liable for all fraud and insider trading claims brought by the agency. The SEC successfully proved that the brothers (the latter of whom died before the case was brought to trial) had constructed an elaborate system of...

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The False Claims Act Institute

On May 13, 2014, the American Law Institute along with the New York City Bar Association hosted the False Claims Act Institute in New York City. Partner Jordan A. Thomas spoke on the 3:00 pm panel entitled “Emerging Financial Services FCA, FIRREA, and SEC Claims.” This panel addressed why we’ve seen few FCA cases, the...

Mutual Fund Fees and Expenses

“The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to explain some of the most common mutual fund fees and expenses. As a general introduction to mutual fund fees and expenses, this Investor Bulletin does not identify all of the fees that you may pay to buy and own shares in...

Whistleblower Schemes Gain Support

The Globe Legal Post

According to The Global Legal Post, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of whistleblowers coming forward since the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program to help deter and detect fraud. “The programme has been a remarkable success story. One of the greatest fears for whistleblowers is the fear of...

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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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