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Rules & Regs
April 27, 2016
Best Practices and Updates for Attorneys Representing Corporate Whistleblowers in Retaliation and Bounty Matters
The National Employment Lawyers Association/New York will host a NELA Nite on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 6 pm to 7:30 pm, titled “Best Practices and Updates for Attorneys Representing Corporate Whistleblowers in Retaliation and Bounty Matters.” Partner Jordan A. Thomas will participate as a speaker alongside Tammy Marzigliano. They will cover the following: Program on...
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April 25, 2016
We are Connected: The Global Reach of the Whistleblower
Labaton Sucharow
Last week, I was fortunate to travel to Australia to discuss corporate ethics and whistleblower issues with various economic, business, and political leaders. I also had the outstanding opportunity to address business and law students on the crucial importance of utilizing ethical conduct as a guiding principal for one’s career. As I have previously discussed,...
Articles & Perspectives
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...
In The News
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...
In The News
April 15, 2016
Corporate Watchdogs Need to Bare Their Teeth
Herald Sun
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...
In The News
April 8, 2016
Recent Developments And Current Trends In Retaliation Law
Partner Jordan A. Thomas will serve as a panelist in a session titled, “Recent Developments And Current Trends In Retaliation Law.” Below is a description of the panel. Recent Developments and Current Trends in Retaliation Law The U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Burlington Northern R.R. v. White and Thompson v. North American Stainless adopted less...
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April 1, 2016
Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims
The Practising Law Institute (PLI) will host its “Understanding Employment Law 2016” program in their New York City Conference Center on April 1, 2016. Labaton Sucharow partner Jordan A. Thomas will join the panel titled, “Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims,” which will discuss the following topics: What it takes to make out a retaliation claim Expanded...
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Investor Bulletin: Investor Complaints
“The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) is issuing this Investor Bulletin to inform investors about how OIEA handles investor complaints and other ways investors may be able to resolve a securities-related dispute.” This document is relevant to a potential whistleblower in the financial services space because it discusses the various wrongdoing that...
Rules & Regs
March 24, 2016
Confidentiality: The Key Factor in Empowering Whistleblowers
Labaton Sucharow
In recent years, the SEC reported a number of important achievements regarding its whistleblower program, including a record number of tips from across the globe; increasingly large sanctions actions against industry giants; and, a more diverse pool of whistleblowers, such as outside analysts, compliance executives and officers and directors. While these developments are encouraging, we...
Articles & Perspectives
March 10, 2016
Annual Seminar
Georgetown Law School’s Corporate Counsel Institute (CCI) will host their two-day annual seminar on Thursday, March 10, 2016. Partner Jordan A. Thomas will join the panel discussion titled “Understanding Evolving Standards of Whistleblower Risk,” which will be moderated by Stephen Shine, Chief Regulatory Counsel at Prudential Financial. Additional panelists are Sean McKessy, Chief, Office of...
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March 9, 2016
SEC Awards $2 Million to Whistleblowers: Increased Tips Yield Results
Labaton Sucharow
Yesterday, the SEC awarded nearly $2 million to three whistleblowers. Approximately $1.8 million, the largest of the awards, was granted to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided original information that allowed the SEC to open an investigation and continued to provide information during the investigation. Two other whistleblowers, who provided information after the investigation started, each...
Articles & Perspectives
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March 19, 2018
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...
In The News
March 20, 2018
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...
In The News
July 29, 2019
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...
Articles & Perspectives
May 30, 2019
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...
In The News
October 5, 2018
Jordan A. Thomas Named Whistleblower “Lawyer of the Year”
Press Release
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...
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Named one of the top whistleblower practices/attorneys in the country by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and The New Yorker