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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€16.5mTotal of monetary amounts
€16.5mLargest single case: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
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1 case

16 Jan 2024 J.P. Morgan Securities LLCSEC: J.P. Morgan Securities pays 18 million US dollars over gagging clauses in client settlements USARetaliation against whistleblowers €16.5m

From March 2020 to July 2023, JPMS had hundreds of retail clients who received credits or settlement payments of more than 1,000 US dollars sign confidentiality agreements that permitted responses to SEC enquiries but prohibited voluntary contact with the SEC. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imposed 18 million US dollars.

What organisations can take from it

Confidentiality clauses with clients must not exclude voluntary reporting to supervisory authorities either.

Relevance to training and awareness

Whistleblower protection in settlement and confidentiality agreements

Authority / court
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Area of law
Whistleblower protection · Retaliation against whistleblowers
Legal basis
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 21F-17(a)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Employees
10,000 or more
Published
16 Jan 2024

Original amount 18,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jan 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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