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January 13, 2021

Top Whistleblower Attorney Sues SEC Over New Rules

In an article published in Law360, Whistleblower Practice Chair Jordan A. Thomas’ legal concerns about the new program rules, the rules impact on his whistleblower clients and the lawsuit that he filed on their behalf are discussed. The article outlines the key pillars of the SEC Whistleblower Program and how the rules have changed over...

September 1, 2020

SEC Awards Outside Analysts $2.5 Million Whistleblower Bounty

Wall Street Analysts Report Fraud, Win Multi-Million Dollar SEC Award Jordan Thomas Whistleblower Clients Credit Ability to Report Anonymously FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – New York, NY – September 1, 2020 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it awarded two financial analysts more than $2.5 million for reporting misconduct at Orthofix International N.V. ...

August 25, 2020

Jordan Thomas Named Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer

Underscoring his expertise representing whistleblowers who report securities violations to the SEC, Jordan Thomas was selected by Lawdragon as one of the Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in the United States. Lawdragon, a media company that focuses exclusively on the legal industry, recognized the best and brightest attorneys who counsel plaintiffs in securities and other business litigation,...

February 10, 2020

Jordan Thomas Recognized as a 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust

Whistleblower Representation Practice Chair Jordan Thomas has been named a Trust Across America 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust. A multi-year award winner, Jordan joins corporate leaders, academics and researchers who transform the way organizations build and operate their businesses. Describing Jordan’s work, Trust Across America wrote “And what if the SEC could tap the...

December 3, 2019

Former PCAOB Deputy General Counsel Michael Stevenson Joins Whistleblower Practice Founded by Jordan Thomas

Michael Stevenson, longtime Deputy General Counsel of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), has joined as a partner in the Whistleblower Representation Practice founded by Jordan Thomas. Mr. Stevenson has more than two decades of enforcement and regulatory experience at the PCAOB and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Most recently, Mr. Stevenson served for...

November 18, 2019

SEC Releases Annual Report of Whistleblower Program: Program Continues to Prove Long-Term Success for Securities Enforcement

The SEC has released its 2019 Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program. Since the program’s inception, tips received through the SEC Whistleblower Program have contributed to successful enforcement actions that enabled the Commission to recover more than $2 billion in monetary sanctions, almost $500 million of which has been, or is scheduled to be, returned...

September 26, 2019

Benchmark Litigation Honors Jordan Thomas

Benchmark Litigation acknowledged: Jordan Thomas (Local Litigation Star), et al. Jordan Thomas was named a Local Litigation Star for the second consecutive year with a peer remarking “he is the guy – the most renowned SEC whistleblower lawyer in the nation.” In March 2019, Jordan’s client was awarded $13 million by the SEC Whistleblower Program...

Jordan Thomas Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Proposals to Strengthen Securities Enforcement

On June 19, 2019, nationally recognized SEC whistleblower lawyer Jordan A. Thomas testified before the U.S. House Committee of Financial Services at a hearing convened by the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets, entitled “Putting Investors First: Examining Proposals to Strengthen Enforcement Against Securities Law Violators.” As the Committee examined legislative proposals that...

Jordan A. Thomas Named “Distinguished Leader” by New York Law Journal

New York Law Journal

Former SEC Official Continuously Honored for Leadership Achievements in the Whistleblower Field Jordan A. Thomas has been named a “Distinguished Leader” by the New York Law Journal. Announced on June 18, 2019, the publication recognizes attorneys in leadership roles who achieved impressive results over the past year. A leading SEC whistleblower attorney worldwide, Mr. Thomas...

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...

SEC Whistleblower Awarded $13 Million for Reporting Securities Violations Leading to $267 Million Enforcement Action Against JPMorgan

New York, NY (March 26, 2019) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards totaling $50 million to “two whistleblowers whose high-quality information assisted the agency in bringing a successful enforcement action.” The SEC whistleblowers will receive $13 million for reporting a tip to the Commission that led to a massive enforcement action charging...

February 11, 2019

Jordan Thomas Recognized as a Top Thought Leader in Trust

Whistleblower Representation Practice Chair Jordan Thomas has been named a Trust Across America 2019 Top Thought Leaders in Trust. Now in its 9th year, the awards program “celebrates professionals who are transforming the way organizations do business.” In 2018, Jordan’s clients, who tipped the SEC off to long-running misconduct at Merrill Lynch, were awarded $83...

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February 10, 2020

Jordan Thomas Recognized as a 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust

Whistleblower Representation Practice Chair Jordan Thomas has been named a Trust Across America 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust. A multi-year award winner, Jordan joins corporate leaders, academics and researchers who transform the way organizations build and operate their businesses. Describing Jordan’s work, Trust Across America wrote “And what if the SEC could tap the...

February 1, 2018

A Conversation with Jordan Thomas: The Origins of the SEC Whistleblower Program

Labaton Sucharow LLP

How to avoid the next financial crisis? How to detect the next fraud and deter the next fraudster? These questions plagued regulators, law enforcement, legislators and the public at large following the collapse of the global economy in 2008. One idea that would prove to be prescient and, in its execution, extraordinarily successful, was the...

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Labaton Sucharow Wins National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers Award for Securities Litigation

— Firm’s immigration pro bono efforts also recognized as the best in 2019 The National Law Journal has recognized Labaton Sucharow’s securities litigation practice as one of the best in 2019, earning the publication’s most prestigious plaintiffs’ bar award of the year. The NLJ’s annual Elite Trial Lawyers award honors the law firms that have demonstrated repeated success in...

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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