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November 4, 2014

U.S. Regulators Increase Scrutiny of Severance Pacts

The Wall Street Journal

According to the report, in fiscal year (FY) 2014 the SEC received 3,620 whistleblower tips, up from 3,238 in 2013 and 3,001 in 2012. Additionally, in FY 2014, more than 80 percent raised concerns internally to their supervisors or compliance personnel before reporting. It ‘‘is kind of a bittersweet thing,’’ remarked Jordan Thomas, head of...

November 3, 2014

Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Whistleblower Advocate Jordan Thomas

Law360’s Minority Powerbrokers Q&A series features insight and experience stories from leading diverse lawyers.

October 30, 2014

Top Lawmakers Urge SEC to Protect Whistleblowers

Labaton Sucharow

This week, eight leading Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform and House Financial Services Committees sent a letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White calling on the Commission to ensure corporations do not enact measures meant to stymie whistleblowers. The letter pointed to a recent Washington Post article, which outlined numerous ways companies have restricted employees...

Articles & Perspectives

October 29, 2014

Congress, Whistleblower Lawyers Urge SEC to Police ‘De Facto Gag Clauses’

Jordan A. Thomas co-authored a study on de facto gag clauses in August 2014. He is also leading the rulemaking petition to the SEC to conduct public hearings and issue formal rules on employment and severance agreements that address retaliation and gag clauses. “Congressional interest will hopefully reinforce the SEC’s commitment to protect whistleblowers,” Thomas...

October 24, 2014

Whistleblowers on Tour

Labaton Sucharow

This week, I was honored to participate in the NYC stop of the Government Accountability Project’s Whistleblower Tour, which seeks to educate the public about the important role whistleblowers play in promoting government and corporate accountability. Speaking on a panel with Enron Whistleblower Sherron Watkins, Jon Oberg, Louis Clark and Jennifer Pacella was a phenomenal experience,...

Articles & Perspectives

October 22, 2014

The Whistleblower Tour Takes Manhattan

Corporate Counsel

Sherron Watkins, the insider who blew the whistle on Enron Corp. in 2001, got a boost from fellow panelist Jordan Thomas, a partner at [prior firm] who chairs its whistleblower practice. Addressing the many students in the audience, Thomas counseled that making a difference isn’t limited to people who win big awards like a Nobel...

October 21, 2014

Whistleblower Tour Takes Manhattan

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October 21, 2014

Gearing Up for Annual Report, White Touts Whistleblower Program’s Success

Labaton Sucharow

As we await the Annual Report of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower—expected in mid-November—Mary Jo White categorically praised the program, citing its ‘enormous success’ in generating information about significant securities violations. (See the FY 2013 Annual Report here.) In her address last week to the Ontario Securities Commission, which is considering the implementation of an incentive-based whistleblower...

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October 20, 2014

2014 Enforcement Division Report

Last week, the SEC released key data relating to Enforcement Division activity in FY 2014. Among the highlights, we note a 10% increase in enforcement actions over the prior year. Most importantly, monetary sanctions are significantly larger; a 22% increase in penalties an disgorgement as compared to FY 2013. Whistleblowers continue to play a crucial...

Articles & Perspectives

October 12, 2014

Employment Agreements that Undermine Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions

American Bar Association

In an article for the American Bar Association’s Journal of Labor & Employment Law, the authoritative publication for workplace issues, together with Professor Richard Moberly and fellow attorney Jason Zuckerman, Jordan A. Thomas examines the legality and enforcement of employment agreements that effectively undermine the crucial investor protection efforts established by the Dodd-Frank Act. Please click here...

Articles & Perspectives

October 7, 2014

Wall Street Moles Go to New York’s Top Cop, Spurning SEC Cash

In discussing a recent trend in why whistleblowers, whose desire for quick results when taking tips or complaints to the SEC, were approaching the New York Attorney General, [prior firm] partner Jordan A. Thomas said, “The SEC receives thousands of whistleblower tips every year, which they can only investigate a fraction of.” At the same...

September 26, 2014

2nd Circ. Could Resurrect Zombie SEC Whistleblowers

The New York federal appeals court is set to hear arguments from Larry Stryker, a whistleblower whose award claim was denied by the SEC because he tipped the agency before the July 21, 2010, enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act. “Unfortunately, the odds are long for the whistleblower in this case because courts typically give deference...

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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...

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...

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

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...

October 5, 2018

Jordan A. Thomas Named Whistleblower “Lawyer of the Year”

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...

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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