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In 2011, after the SEC unveiled a first-of-its-kind investor protection initiative, we stepped into the spotlight, establishing the nation’s first standalone practice exclusively focused on SEC whistleblowers. Since then, in addition to precedential wins, significant expansion and pivotal roles in domestic and international whistleblower legislation and rule-making, our practice has been front and center, staking new ground, elevating the program’s profile and regularly making news.

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June 23, 2016
Bank of America Pays $430M in Settlement for Misusing Customers’ Cash
USA Today
Jordan A. Thomas comments on whistleblower clients leading to Bank of America’s $415M SEC enforcement action Bank of America Corp’s Merrill Lynch brokerage unit will pay $415 million and admit to wrongdoing to settle charges that it misused customer cash in the largest customer protection settlement in the United States in the Securities and Exchange...
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June 23, 2016
Bank of America to Pay $415 Million to Settle SEC Probe
The Wall Street Journal
Jordan A. Thomas comments on whistleblower clients leading to Bank of America’s $415M SEC enforcement action Bank of America Corp’s Merrill Lynch brokerage unit will pay $415 million and admit to wrongdoing to settle charges that it misused customer cash in the largest customer protection settlement in the United States in the Securities and Exchange...
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June 23, 2016
Merrill Lynch to pay $415 million for misusing customer cash
Reuters
Jordan A. Thomas comments on whistleblower clients leading to Bank of America’s $415M SEC enforcement action Bank of America Corp’s Merrill Lynch brokerage unit will pay $415 million and admit to wrongdoing to settle charges that it misused customer cash in the largest customer protection settlement in the United States in the Securities and Exchange...
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June 14, 2016
Second largest SEC whistleblower award given in financial services investigation
InsideCounsel
Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...
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June 9, 2016
SEC Issues $17 Million Whistleblower Award
The Wall Street Journal
Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...
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June 9, 2016
SEC awards $17 million to whistleblower
The Washington Post
Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...
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June 9, 2016
Whistleblower Gets $17 Million in Second-Biggest SEC Award
Bloomberg
Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...
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June 9, 2016
SEC Pays Out $17M Whistleblower Award – Second-highest award since program launched nearly five years ago
ThinkAdvisor
Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...
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June 9, 2016
Blow the gold whistle: SEC awards tipster $17M in second-largest payout
Washington Examiner
Jordan A. Thomas comments on recent SEC whistleblower case involving record settlement figure The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $17 million—its second largest award yet—to a former company employee whose detailed tip gave the regulator a major leg up in an investigation and enforcement proceeding. The award was the largest announced since a...
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May 26, 2016
Critics Scoff At Developing Forex Market Code Of Conduct
Law360
Jordan A. Thomas discusses steps the industry and regulators have taken in developing the code of conduct for the foreign exchange sector Global regulators recently unveiled their first pass at a uniform code of conduct for the foreign exchange market following a wave of multibillion-dollar rate-rigging settlements, but critics said the proposal was too long...
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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...
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February 10, 2020
Jordan Thomas Recognized as a 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust
Press Release
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...
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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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July 23, 2019
Labaton Sucharow Wins National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers Award for Securities Litigation
Press Release
— 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...
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