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October 29, 2014

Congress, Whistleblower Lawyers Urge SEC to Police ‘De Facto Gag Clauses’

Jordan A. Thomas co-authored a study on de facto gag clauses in August 2014. He is also leading the rulemaking petition to the SEC to conduct public hearings and issue formal rules on employment and severance agreements that address retaliation and gag clauses. “Congressional interest will hopefully reinforce the SEC’s commitment to protect whistleblowers,” Thomas...

October 22, 2014

The Whistleblower Tour Takes Manhattan

Corporate Counsel

Sherron Watkins, the insider who blew the whistle on Enron Corp. in 2001, got a boost from fellow panelist Jordan Thomas, a partner at [prior firm] who chairs its whistleblower practice. Addressing the many students in the audience, Thomas counseled that making a difference isn’t limited to people who win big awards like a Nobel...

October 7, 2014

Wall Street Moles Go to New York’s Top Cop, Spurning SEC Cash

In discussing a recent trend in why whistleblowers, whose desire for quick results when taking tips or complaints to the SEC, were approaching the New York Attorney General, [prior firm] partner Jordan A. Thomas said, “The SEC receives thousands of whistleblower tips every year, which they can only investigate a fraction of.” At the same...

September 26, 2014

2nd Circ. Could Resurrect Zombie SEC Whistleblowers

The New York federal appeals court is set to hear arguments from Larry Stryker, a whistleblower whose award claim was denied by the SEC because he tipped the agency before the July 21, 2010, enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act. “Unfortunately, the odds are long for the whistleblower in this case because courts typically give deference...

September 22, 2014

Foreign Tipster Awarded Over $30M In SEC’s Largest-Ever Whistleblower Bounty

On September 22, 2014, the SEC announced that it will award an unnamed foreign national more than $30 million for information that led to an enforcement action. Bloomberg BNA The SEC’s previous largest-ever reward—$14 million awarded in October 2013 (191 SLD, 10/2/13)—resulted in a spike in the program, said Jordan Thomas, a Washington-based . ....

September 22, 2014

SEC Cements Status as Go-To Whistleblower Agency

On September 22, 2014, the SEC announced that it will award an unnamed foreign national more than $30 million for information that led to an enforcement action. Bloomberg BNA The SEC’s previous largest-ever reward—$14 million awarded in October 2013 (191 SLD, 10/2/13)—resulted in a spike in the program, said Jordan Thomas, a Washington-based . ....

September 22, 2014

Record $30 Million Whistleblower Award From SEC Will Bring Attention to the Program

On September 22, 2014, the SEC announced that it will award an unnamed foreign national more than $30 million for information that led to an enforcement action. Bloomberg BNA The SEC’s previous largest-ever reward—$14 million awarded in October 2013 (191 SLD, 10/2/13)—resulted in a spike in the program, said Jordan Thomas, a Washington-based . ....

September 22, 2014

Foreign SEC Tipster Gets Record $30 Million Award

AmLaw Litigation Daily

On September 22, 2014, the SEC announced that it will award an unnamed foreign national more than $30 million for information that led to an enforcement action. Bloomberg BNA The SEC’s previous largest-ever reward—$14 million awarded in October 2013 (191 SLD, 10/2/13)—resulted in a spike in the program, said Jordan Thomas, a Washington-based . ....

September 17, 2014

Holder’s Whistleblower Proposal Omits Key To SEC’s Success

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s proposal Wednesday to dramatically increase the size of monetary awards Wall Street tipsters can receive under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act may bring in more leads, but some experts say an amped-up rewards program should also take a cue from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which...

September 5, 2014

SEC Whistleblower’s Program Working…Slowly

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The number one reason why people come forward, in Jordan Thomas’ experience? Retaliation. “Companies regularly tell their employees that if you know about wrongdoing, report it. And the vast majority of people do and if they perceive that they’ve been retaliated against, that breaks their tie to the organization and they no longer care. At...

September 3, 2014

SEC Strikes Fear With First Award to Compliance Pro

Attorneys said they expect an uptick in auditors and compliance officers becoming SEC whistleblowers, but they had differences of opinion as to their motivations. “The popular perception of an SEC whistleblower is it’s all about the money,” said Jordan Thomas, chair of the whistleblower representation practice at [prior firm]. But for in-house auditors and compliance...

August 20, 2014

Protecting Non-US Whistleblowers from Retaliation

Corporate Secretary

Last week, a federal appellate court dismissed an appeal of the New York Southern District Court’s ruling in Liu Meng-Lin v Siemens last October, saying that Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation protections cannot be applied extra-territorially for activity that occurred outside the US in a non-US company. ‘I’m not sure this is good for corporations. Essentially, corporations won...

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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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— 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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