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January 10, 2012

Study: Whistleblowers Want Anonymity, Monetary Rewards

Compliance Week

The survey suggests that many employees remain tight-lipped on misconduct, says Jordan Thomas, a partner and chair of [prior firm][‘s] whistleblower representation practice. “Many corporations should reconsider their policies and practices regarding communicating with those who reported misconducts to them. Failure to do so may lead to unnecessary whistleblower submissions to the SEC.”

2012 Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program

Reports & Surveys

December 17, 2011

Majority of Americans Would Blow Whistle

The Vancouver Sun

The government expects the whistleblower office to have a significant effect on the cases brought in the future, Jordan Thomas said when he discussed the firm’s poll findings.

December 14, 2011

Britons Third in SEC Whistleblower League Table

Professional Pensions

Thomas said: “In the coming years, the SEC will break all prior records for number of enforcement of actions and monetary sanctions, because insiders are finally breaking their silence and reporting a wide variety of significant securities violations to the SEC.”

December 14, 2011

Britons Rank Second in US Whistleblowing League

Investment Week

The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program stemmed from “a series of scandals that were either undetected or unreported, from Enron until the legislation was passed, including the Madoff scandal,” said Jordan Thomas, chair of the whistleblower representation practice at [Jordan Thomas][prior firm]. “It is high level and well-placed individuals, who have furnished strong corroborating evidence, such as...

December 13, 2011

Bosses Beware: 75% of Workers Say They’re Ready to Expose Law-Breaking Managers

Daily Mail Online

Jordan Thomas, partner and head of the whistleblower representation practice at [prior firm] said: “It is disheartening to see that wrongdoing in the workplace continues to be so widespread. However, the findings affirm the need for, and value of, the SEC’s Whistleblower Program.” ‘This program, in concert with other regulatory reforms, has the potential to...

December 13, 2011

34% of Employees Have Express Knowledge of Workplace Misconduct

“It is disheartening to see that wrongdoing in the workplace continues to be so widespread,” said Jordan Thomas, partner and head of the whistleblower representation practice at [prior firm]. “However, the findings affirm the need for, and value of, the SEC’s Whistleblower Program.” “Accordingly, now, more corporations will establish a culture of integrity in their...

December 13, 2011

Would You Rat Out Your Boss? Majority of Americans Say Yes — For a Price

“It is disheartening to see that wrongdoing in the workplace continues to be so widespread,” Jordan Thomas, head of [prior firm][‘s] whistleblower practice, said in a statement accompanying the survey results. “However, the findings affirm the need for, and value of, the SEC’s Whistleblower Program. This program, in concert with other regulatory reforms, has the...

December 12, 2011

Corporate Governance – What Do Shareholders Really Value?

UCLA Law Professor Lynn Stout

Can corporations’ relentless focus on maximising shareholder wealth actually harm investors? UNSW’s Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation presents Prof Lynn Stout, the Paul Hastings Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Securities Law at UCLA, in the second seminar of the series “In Who or What Do We Trust?”

Webinars, Videos & Podcasts

December 7, 2011

The SEC Whistleblower Program’s Encouraging Beginning

Labaton Sucharow

I was recently interviewed on Bloomberg TV to discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new program, enacted under Dodd-Frank, and the recently released Annual Report on the Whistleblower Program. The full interview can be seen here. As I discuss in the interview, in the seven weeks since the program went live to the end...

Articles & Perspectives

December 6, 2011

No Fear: A Whistleblower’s Triumph

Webinars, Videos & Podcasts

December 4, 2011

Enforcement Wave Heading for Advisers: Ex-SEC Official

Investment News

“An enforcement wave is coming,” said Jordan Thomas, a partner at [Jordan Thomas][prior firm] and former assistant director at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s asset management unit. “The world is about to change for investment advisers.” “The full impact of the asset management unit hasn’t been felt yet,” he said. “If you don’t [self-]report, there...

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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...

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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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