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September 15, 2015

If You See Something, Say Something? A whistleblowing choose-your-own adventure.

Chief Investment Officer

Jordan A. Thomas examines different scenarios that whistleblowers may undertake when he or she witnessed illegal or unethical activity at work “People come to me with crazy big violations—huge cases—but blowing the whistle isn’t consistent with their goals. Or, say, three people on the planet truly know about it, and you’re the only one who...

September 14, 2015

Whistle-Blower Law Split Could Pique Supreme Court

Jordan A. Thomas talks about a Second Circuit’s whistleblower case that sets up a split in authority with the Fifth Circuit A new rift in federal circuit courts’ interpretation of whistleblower protections under the Dodd-Frank Act is a prime candidate for Supreme Court review, even though the potential timing of any high court action is...

SEC Guidance Backs Protection for Internal Whistleblowers

The Wall Street Journal

Jordan A. Thomas discusses further SEC guidance regarding whistleblowers When Dodd-Frank was passed, its whistleblower provisions stated employees who reported wrongdoing to the SEC would be protected against retaliation by their employers. The SEC has maintained that this protection extends to whistleblowers who first report problems internally and the guidance issued Tuesday reinforces that belief,...

Canadians Contacting SEC with Whistleblower Tips

The Globe and Mail

Jordan A. Thomas, Chair of the Firm’s Whistleblower Representation Practice and a former SEC official who now works in private practice representing clients who are SEC whistleblowers, warned the OSC that its CAD$1.5-million maximum payout is too low to entice high-paid business people to risk their careers by exposing wrongdoing. He said the OSC is...

OSC Proposal to Pay Whistleblowers up to $1.5 Million Inadequate: Lawyer

AdvocateDaily.com

The Ontario Securities Commission is proposing to pay whistleblowers up to 15 percent of the sanctions or settlement payments in a successful case involving $1 million of sanctions or more. Payments would be capped at $1.5 million. Several experts have commented that a $1.5 million cap is inadequate to encourage senior executives with knowledge of...

OSC’s Proposed Whistleblower Program Could Use Tweaking

Investment Executive

Jordan Thomas, a former SEC litigator who now represents U.S. whistleblowers with [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] in New York, argued that establishing a floor for rewards is essential to provide potential whistleblowers with greater certainty about the program. He also agreed that the proposed $1.5 million is too low and that a dollar cap isn’t necessary...

Wall Street Still Tempted by an Unethical Culture

With the release of the Firm’s recent survey, Jordan A. Thomas spoke to various media on the report’s “alarming” findings, noting that the survey suggests “more work needs to be done to establish a culture of integrity in the financial services industry. If [the industry] fails to do so, there will be more incidents, and...

Seven Years Later, Wall Street Hasn’t Learned Anything

Partner and chair of the Firm’s Whistleblower Representation Practice, Jordan A. Thomas, recently spoke to various media outlets on the findings of a recent survey co-sponsored by the Firm and The University of Notre Dame titled, The Street, The Bull, and The Crisis. The survey, which probed “the ethical views of a broad spectrum of...

Whistle while you work: Wall Street’s culture of fingering fraud

The Christian Science Monitor

Partner and chair of the Firm’s Whistleblower Representation Practice, Jordan A. Thomas, recently spoke to various media outlets on the findings of a recent survey co-sponsored by the Firm and The University of Notre Dame titled, The Street, The Bull, and The Crisis. The survey, which probed “the ethical views of a broad spectrum of...

Wall Street Has Lost Moral Compass: Thomas

Jordan A. Thomas speaks to Bloomberg TV on the Firm’s recent financial services professional ethics survey.

Wall Street wolves still on the prowl as survey reveals taste for unethical tactics

Partner and chair of the Firm’s Whistleblower Representation Practice, Jordan A. Thomas, recently spoke to various media outlets on the findings of a recent survey co-sponsored by the Firm and The University of Notre Dame titled, The Street, The Bull, and The Crisis. The survey, which probed “the ethical views of a broad spectrum of...

“Bankers are still breaking the rules to get ahead. Here’s the proof”

Partner and chair of the Firm’s Whistleblower Representation Practice, Jordan A. Thomas, recently spoke to various media outlets on the findings of a recent survey co-sponsored by the Firm and The University of Notre Dame titled, The Street, The Bull, and The Crisis. The survey, which probed “the ethical views of a broad spectrum of...

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February 10, 2020

Jordan Thomas Recognized as a 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust

Whistleblower Representation Practice Chair Jordan Thomas has been named a Trust Across America 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust. A multi-year award winner, Jordan joins corporate leaders, academics and researchers who transform the way organizations build and operate their businesses. Describing Jordan’s work, Trust Across America wrote “And what if the SEC could tap the...

February 1, 2018

A Conversation with Jordan Thomas: The Origins of the SEC Whistleblower Program

Labaton Sucharow LLP

How to avoid the next financial crisis? How to detect the next fraud and deter the next fraudster? These questions plagued regulators, law enforcement, legislators and the public at large following the collapse of the global economy in 2008. One idea that would prove to be prescient and, in its execution, extraordinarily successful, was the...

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Labaton Sucharow Wins National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers Award for Securities Litigation

— Firm’s immigration pro bono efforts also recognized as the best in 2019 The National Law Journal has recognized Labaton Sucharow’s securities litigation practice as one of the best in 2019, earning the publication’s most prestigious plaintiffs’ bar award of the year. The NLJ’s annual Elite Trial Lawyers award honors the law firms that have demonstrated repeated success in...

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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