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February 1, 2018

Who Can Report Securities Fraud? The Insider, The Outsider and The Witness

Labaton Sucharow LLP

“Is it the trader at a desk on Wall Street who knows someone a few seats over, a colleague who got an inside tip and illegally acted on that knowledge? That’s certainly possible. It might also be an angry spouse, a vigilant journalist or an executive assistant. Virtually anyone can be an SEC whistleblower. Even...

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February 1, 2018

Whistleblower Bounties Explained: How Dodd-Frank Awards Tipsters

Labaton Sucharow

In this short video, Jordan Thomas explains how SEC whistleblowers can earn staggering financial awards for reporting corporate misconduct. SEC whistleblower awards can be significant, very significant. Awards are determined by the monetary sanctions collected from the entities and individuals engaged in the securities violations. The awards calculus is pretty straightforward: In actions where the...

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February 1, 2018

Can You Blow the Whistle Without Blowing Your Identity?

Labaton Sucharow LLP

Recognizing the importance of protecting the identity of whistleblowers, the program allows tipsters to report anonymously if they work with an attorney. That said, how attorneys protect their clients’ identities can require sophisticated tools, techniques and, most importantly, experience. When I was at the Commission and we were developing the SEC whistleblower program, we knew...

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February 1, 2018

The Reporting Minefield: Knowing the Facts, Knowing Your Rights

Labaton Sucharow LLP

Knowing if, when and how to report misconduct can be a confusing proposition. Many prospective whistleblowers worry that employment or secrecy agreements prohibit reporting to the government. In this video, Jordan Thomas explains how to navigate the reporting minefield and why whistleblowers should never fear that agreements with employers bar communications with the government. When...

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January 3, 2018

How to Make it Easier for Women to Report Sexual Harassment

In December of 2002, Time featured three women whistleblowers on the cover of its “person of the year” issue, noting that in “a year when our trust in American institutions was tested, Sherron Watkins of Enron, Coleen Rowley of the FBI and Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom found the strength to stand for what’s right.” At the time,...

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December 12, 2017

Firm Shortlisted as “Standout” in Financial Times Most Innovative North American Law Firms List

Financial Times

NEW YORK (December 12, 2017) — [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] announced today that the Firm was shortlisted among the Financial Times (FT) Most Innovative North American Law Firms List as a “Standout” in the Rule of Law and Access to Justice category. FT weighed factors including, Firm’s originality, leadership, and impact for a total innovation score. Particularly, Chair...

Section 922: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections

Section 922: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections

SEC Form WB-APP

SEC Form WB-APP (Application for Award for Original Information Submitted Pursuant to Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)

SEC Form-TCR (Tip, Complaint, or Referral)

November 20, 2017

Spotlight: A Conversation with Congressman Paul Kanjorski

Corporate Whistleblower Watch

In September, Jordan A. Thomas spoke with Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (ret.), a veteran legislator from Pennsylvania, who served on the Financial Services Committee between 1985 and 2011. During a career spanning a quarter of a century, he played a leadership role in the crafting and passage of two landmark corporate reforms, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act...

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November 18, 2017

Silicon Valley Could Be the Next Hotspot for SEC Whistleblowers

In recent years, the SEC has had greater success policing wrongdoing due in large part to the implementation of its whistleblower program, which allows individuals to anonymously sound the alarm against corruption while benefiting from robust employment protections and monetary incentives. But the whistleblowers’ crosshairs are not limited to Wall Street. Individuals are beginning to...

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2017 Annual Report of the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program

Click below to read the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2017 full report to Congress.

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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...

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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