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May 16, 2016
$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 Employment Protection Statutes
Rules & Regs
Federal and State Whistleblower Award Programs
Rules & Regs
April 25, 2016
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,...
Articles & Perspectives
April 20, 2016
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...
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April 16, 2016
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...
In The News
April 15, 2016
Corporate Watchdogs Need to Bare Their Teeth
Herald Sun
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...
In The News
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...
Rules & Regs
March 24, 2016
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...
Articles & Perspectives
March 9, 2016
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...
Articles & Perspectives
March 1, 2016
Latest SEC Bounty To Attract Outside Whistleblowers
Law360
Jordan A. Thomas says latest SEC bounty is the first of many to attract whistleblowers Eric Scott Hunsader, who revealed himself as the tipster who gave the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) information it needed to bring its landmark 2012 enforcement action against the New York Stock Exchange, said he was surprised when the agency...
In The News
February 1, 2016
Miranda Fricker, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield; Public Lecture: “Constructions of Forgiveness”
Harvard University
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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...
In The News
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...
In The News
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...
In The News
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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