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Striking the Right Balance: Investor and Consumer Protection in the New Financial Marketplace

George Washington Law’s Center for Law, Economics and Finance (C-LEAF), along with the Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP) host ed a symposium entitled “Striking the Right Balance: Investor and Consumer Protection in the New Financial Marketplace” on March 2, 2012. Partner Jordan A. Thomas served as a speaker on a panel focused on...

Life as Libor Traders Knew It Seen as Abusive by Investigators

Individuals and firms found to have engaged in wrongdoing would likely face demands from regulators to return any illicit profits, said Jordan Thomas, a former enforcement attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who now advises whistle-blowers at [prior firm] in New York. They may also be fined and would be forced to improve...

Fired Olympus Boss Woodford Starts Legal Challenge

“From the information that is available to the public, he appears to have a very strong case,” said Mr. Jordan Thomas, partner and chairman of United States securities litigation firm [prior firm][‘s] Whistleblower Representation Practice.

February 28, 2012

Should you Whistle? An Ethical Dilemma for Corporate Attorneys under Dodd-Frank

The Heyman Center of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law was pleased to have several distinguished panelists discuss the serious ethical issues facing corporate attorneys under the recently adopted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder. These issues include the interplay between Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002...

February 20, 2012

Why Recent Reforms Are Good For Business

Labaton Sucharow

News 12 Connecticut sat down with Jordan Thomas early this year to discuss the SEC Whistleblower Program recently enacted under Dodd-Frank. The reforms carry heightened interest in regions that are home to large numbers of major corporate and financial services entities. Connecticut, specifically, has a high concentration of hedge funds, which Thomas explained face heightened...

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February 18, 2012

Why Recent Reforms are Good for Business

News 12 Connecticut

February 14, 2012

Social Networkers: A Different Breed?

It’s also noteworthy, says attorney Jordan Thomas, chair of the whistleblower representation practice at [prior firm], that active social networkers tend to skew younger — a demographic that tends to have a weaker connection to their employers. “These folks tend to have a shorter time horizon in terms of how long they plan to stay...

February 9, 2012

Evidence, Access Aid Job Security When Compliance Staff Raise a Red Flag

Firms should adopt innovative techniques to encourage employees to report possible unethical conduct, including recognizing them publicly and offering financial incentives, said Jordan Thomas, a partner in [prior firm]. “Organizations should be prepared to investigate, in a timely manner, reports of misconduct. When legal or ethical violations are discovered, violators should be held accountable, regardless...

February 1, 2012

Corporate Counsel

But what is prompt and resource-saving for the SEC can mean the opposite for others. Jordan Thomas, a former assistant director and assistant chief litigation counsel for the SEC, admits as much. He says, “It is true, when defendants fail to accept responsibility for their misconduct, there can be negative collateral consequences, including the inefficiency...

Mapping Misconduct: An Overview of Significant SEC Enforcement Actions Since the Passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Reports & Surveys

January 28, 2012

National Business Ethics Survey Results – Signs of Hope, Also Causes for Concern

Labaton Sucharow

In January, the Ethics Resource Center (ERC) released its biennial National Business Ethics Survey (NBES), widely recognized as a definitive measure of workplace ethics. A number of the key findings were positive. For instance, the survey found that 45% of respondents had witnessed workplace misconduct, a drop from 49% in 2009. Set against the degree...

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January 25, 2012

Hedge Fund Regulation (London)

Three years after the worst financial crisis in a century and the regulatory response is in full swing. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are leading a new charge against insider trading, testing the boundaries which traders hitherto understood to be within the realms of acceptable practice and attention is also focusing on aspects...

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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...

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