Arnold & Porter Hires SEC’s Norberg for Securities Enforcement

Jane Norberg is joining Arnold & Porter as a securities enforcement and litigation partner in Washington after serving as the second-ever chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower office.

Record monetary awards for securities whistleblowers in recent years make this a great time for a move to Big Law, Norberg said. The SEC issued $84 million in awards in the last week alone, she said.

“The whistleblower is here to stay,” Norberg said. New whistleblower directives from the European Union and elsewhere overseas make it “clear this isn’t just a domestic U.S. concern.”

Norberg headed the SEC’s office ...