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November 17, 2011

Finding the Hidden Fruits of Corporate Fraud

Labaton Sucharow

Check out my guest post over at Fred Abrams’ Asset Search Blog discussing the impact of human intelligence and the locating of hidden assets on the prosecution of securities violations under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s [SEC] new whistleblower program. The program, enacted under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, encourages...

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November 16, 2011

SEC Report Shows Slow Start To Whistleblower Program

[Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] partner and former SEC attorney Jordan Thomas said he was surprised by the low FCPA tip figure, and said the narrow seven-week snapshot underrepresented the number of FCPA whistleblower tips in play at the SEC. “Commission officials have spoken about receiving numerous FCPA submission since the enactment of the Dodd-Frank,” Thomas said. “I...

November 16, 2011

SEC Receives 334 Tips in First Seven Weeks of Whistleblower Program

The Wall Street Journal

Jordan Thomas, who helped to craft the whistleblower program before leaving the SEC in July, said the quality of the submissions has been high. “Some relate to senior people at large financial firms and other corporations, typically hard targets for the SEC to successfully bring enforcement actions against,” said Mr. Thomas, now acting on behalf...

November 16, 2011

After Tip, The Claim For Reward

The Wall Street Journal

Jordan Thomas, who helped to craft the whistleblower program before leaving the SEC in July, said the quality of the submissions have been high. “Some relate to senior people at large financial firms and other corporations, typically hard targets for the SEC to successfully bring enforcement actions against,” said Mr. Thomas, now acting on behalf...

November 16, 2011

UK Fraud Whistleblowers Need Bounties, Lawyers Say

“The problem that law enforcement agencies in the UK and the US have traditionally struggled with is the lack of actionable intelligence,” he says. “The whistleblower provisions, and specifically the bounty provisions, provide a meaningful incentive that will make individuals speak up when in the past they’ve been silent.”

November 15, 2011

The SEC Whistleblower Program: A Game-Changer for FCPA Violations

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog

While the private sector’s role in the broader enforcement context is an established part of American jurisprudence, that role has diminished in recent years. In August, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized and implemented a whistleblower program enacted under Dodd-Frank, which will dramatically alter the landscape for public and private companies alike. This program,...

Articles & Perspectives

November 14, 2011

Whistleblowers and Corporate Misconduct: New Challenges and New Opportunities for HR Directors

HRmagazine.co.uk

New Challenges and New Opportunities for HR Directors As various countries develop regulations to encourage the reporting of corporate misconduct, HR professionals stand at a crossroads between the companies they serve and the employees they protect. On a good day, this tension is creative; HR professionals foster greater company loyalty and help companies invest in...

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November 11, 2011

SEC Whistleblower Program – Early Results Point to Huge Potential Impact

Labaton Sucharow

Even though it only became effective in August, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new whistleblower program is already having a powerful impact, according to the Annual Report on the Whistleblower Program released by the SEC this month. According to the report, the SEC received 334 whistleblower tips in the seven weeks since the program...

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November 7, 2011

The Limitations of Corporate Compliance: Establishing an Ethical Culture in an Era of Scandal

New York Law Journal

With a strong ethical culture, an organization is able to instill in its employees a sense of stewardship and personal accountability that looks beyond the next quarter’s earnings. After more than 15 years in federal law enforcement, first as a Trial Attorney at the Department of Justice and later as an Assistant Director in the...

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November 3, 2011

Establishing and Maintaining an Ethical Corporate Culture

Labaton Sucharow

In-house corporate compliance programs have recently undergone a positive transformation, including the growth of strong and independent compliance functions. But as I argue in a recent New York Law Journal article, to remain successful and scandal-free in this era of corporate wrongdoing, organizations must be more forward-looking and establish a culture of integrity that deters...

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Littler Mendelson Whistleblower Survey

Reports & Surveys

October 31, 2011

Building a Culture of Integrity: Whistleblowing in the UK

The sweeping reforms to the industry and to institutions enforced at government level must be complemented by proactive individuals. And those proactive individuals need to know that they will be rewarded rather than pilloried for stepping forward and speaking out. This is the view of Jordan Thomas, partner and chair of Whistleblower Representatives Practice at...

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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...

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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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