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Is it a Crime? What Happens When Whistleblowers Report Potentially Criminal Misconduct to the SEC

Labaton Sucharow

The SEC, although it wields enormous power in the securities markets, has a built-in limitation on its authority: it’s a civil law enforcement agency, meaning that it can charge and penalize wrongdoers for civil violations of the securities laws, but it can’t prosecute them for crimes or put them in jail. However, as SEC Chair...

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Guest Post: The SEC Could Find New Uses for an Old Law

Financial Times

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The SEC Could Find New Uses for an Old Law

Labaton Sucharow

One of the key messages from the SEC enforcement staff this year is that it intends to expand its enforcement arsenal, both by using newer laws and by finding innovative ways to use older laws. In a guest post published today on Financial Times’ Alphaville blog, I focus on two such provisions – Sections 20(a)...

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Cybersecurity – Growing Technological Threats Raise New Issues for Investors and the SEC

Labaton Sucharow

In recent months, the Heartbleed bug and massive data breaches like those experienced by Target have drawn increased attention to cybersecurity, and the need to better protect the almost unfathomable amount of sensitive data stored electronically in the U.S. Although the securities laws may not always immediately come to mind when considering such high-tech threats,...

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Financial Whistleblowing on the Rise in Europe

Labaton Sucharow

As we’ve noted in previous posts, the SEC Whistleblower Program has resulted in a sharp increase in the amount of actionable information provided to the agency, with more than 3000 whistleblower tips received in 2013 alone. Now, reports from the Europe and the United Kingdom – which have experienced their own rash of financial scandals in recent years...

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Recent Trends In Securities Enforcement and Regulation

Law360 hosted a roundtable discussion about recent trends in securities enforcement and regulation on April 25, 2014 in New York, NY. Attendees included securities attorneys who are members of the LexisNexis securities advisory board, from law firms including Duane Morris, Troutman Sanders, Covington & Burling, Greenberg Traurig, among others as well as reporters and editors...

Second Circuit Considers Bounds of Insider Trading Laws

Labaton Sucharow

n recent years, one of the top priorities for the SEC and the Department of Justice, which prosecutes criminal violations of the federal securities laws, has been cracking down on insider trading, particularly by hedge funds that use confidential information to gain an investing edge. As many recent cases – including the successful prosecution of...

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Employers May Come to Regret Seeking Narrow Definition of “Whistleblower”

Labaton Sucharow

One of the most important unsettled legal questions for SEC whistleblowers and their counsel is whether the SEC Whistleblower Program’s anti-retaliation provisions apply to individuals who have reported misconduct internally, but have not yet blown the whistle to the SEC. We recently published an article in the National Law Journal on this issue, arguing that...

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New SEC Task Force Fights Financial Fraud And Encourages Collaboration with Whistleblowers

Labaton Sucharow

Last month, I attended SEC Speaks, an annual conference in which the SEC’s leadership provides insight into the agency’s priorities, projects and plans for the future. One of the key initiatives highlighted this year was the SEC’s new Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force. Comprised of SEC lawyers and accountants from around the country, the...

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Opinion: Employers May Come to Regret Seeking Narrow Definition of “Whistleblower”

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Senator Grassley Announces the Creation of a Congressional Whistleblower Caucus

Labaton Sucharow

Last week, we provided an update on Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) efforts to strengthen the IRS Whistleblower Program and expedite the processing of IRS Whistleblower claims. Now, Senator Grassley – a longtime advocate for whistleblower rights – has announced a new plan to create a “Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus,” to “help bring attention to the...

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OIG Report Praises SEC Whistleblower Program

Labaton Sucharow

The internal watchdog for federal government agencies, including the SEC, is the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”), which conducts audits and investigations of the SEC to “promote integrity, economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Commission’s programs and operations.” In keeping with this mission, the OIG has issued its first audit report on the SEC...

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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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