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SEC Criticized Over Revelation of a Whistleblower’s Identity

Labaton Sucharow

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), having faced significant criticism in recent years, was dealt another PR blow in a recent Wall Street Journal article reporting the agency’s “inadvertent” outing of an SEC whistleblower. According to the article, the disclosure occurred during an investigation of Pipeline Trading Systems LLC, when an SEC lawyer shared the...

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Blowing the Whistle Without Fear

Accounting Today

Jordan Thomas co-authored an article for Accouting Today, informing accountants on how they can participate in the SEC Whistleblower Program without fear of retaliation.

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The Power of One: The Goldman Lesson

Labaton Sucharow

Whether you’re a Facebooker, Twitter is your information on-ramp of choice, or you still hold stubbornly to good old-fashioned newsprint, chances are, on March 14 you heard about “The Goldman Resignation.” Greg Smith’s stunningly public resignation through a New York Times op-ed certainly was one for the record books. Indeed, Smith was probably still bubble-wrapping...

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SEC Whistleblower Reveal Won’t Sink Program, Attys Say

That could hurt some enforcement actions, but it would be limited to the small percentage of cases that actually go to trial, said [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] partner Jordan Thomas, who helped craft the SEC’s whistleblower program while at the commission. “I think it affects the effectiveness, to some degree, of related enforcement actions, because it’s...

Jordan Thomas on Whistleblower Advocacy

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Labaton Sucharow Launches SEC Whistleblower Advocate Site

Corporate Counsel

“I’ve devoted the better part of my professional life to protecting investors,” he says, noting that part of his current practice includes speaking with corporate officers and general counsel about creating “a culture of integrity that will inoculate organizations” from having issues with the SEC in the first place. “The SEC Whistleblower Program has the...

Approaching Attorney Whistleblowing Post Dodd-Frank

Jordan A. Thomas co-authored an article for Law360, discussing the ability of in-house counsel to report securities violations following Dodd-Frank. Co-authors Jordan A. Thomas and Professor Bruce Green of Fordham Law School address the complicated question of how an in-house counsel can blow the whistle. The SEC’s whistleblower program provides incentives and protections for informants,...

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Combating Misconduct

The American Lawyer Supplement: Compliance

Jordan A. Thomas wrote an article for the Spring 2012 issue of The American Lawyer Supplement: Compliance, discussing how corporation can create a strong ethical culture and get away from the inadequacies of traditional compliance programs. In this article, Jordan A. Thomas discusses the necessary components in creating and sustaining a strong ethical corporate culture....

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Retaliation: When Whistleblowers Become Victims – Supplemental Report to 2011 National Business Ethics Survey

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Challenges & Opportunities for the Asset Management Industry Following Dodd-Frank

Labaton Sucharow

Last evening, I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion at the historic New York Stock Exchange. The discussion was part of a speaker series hosted by TAAAPS—The Association for Alternative Asset Professionals—with all proceeds being donated to charity. I was joined on the panel by Joseph Mecane, Executive Vice President at NYSE...

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FCPA Civil Suit Highlights Uncertainties in Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections

“The implementing rules for the SEC whistleblower program incentivize whistleblowers to report internally,” Jordan Thomas, a partner at [prior firm] who chairs the firm’s whistleblower representation practice, said. ”However, until a whistleblower reports a possible violation to the SEC in accordance with its procedures — which involves filing a form with the commission — they...

SEC Turns Whistleblower Tips Into Cases

Financial Times

Jordan Thomas, a former SEC enforcement attorney who helped crafted the whisteblower rules, says: “Financial fraud is the most common violation that has been brought to me and they have all led to large public companies. In the past people with potential liability remained silent.”

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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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