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In 2011, after the SEC unveiled a first-of-its-kind investor protection initiative, we stepped into the spotlight, establishing the nation’s first standalone practice exclusively focused on SEC whistleblowers. Since then, in addition to precedential wins, significant expansion and pivotal roles in domestic and international whistleblower legislation and rule-making, our practice has been front and center, staking new ground, elevating the program’s profile and regularly making news.

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January 12, 2012
Will Whistleblower Rules Help SEC Investigations
Fox Business News
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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.”
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January 5, 2012
Survey Sees Less Misconduct But More Reporting And Retaliation
The Wall Street Journal
Whether the perceived retaliation is real, Thomas said, it creates a negative experience reporting misconduct internally, and that will drive other potential informants reporting securities violations to exercise their rights under the Dodd-Frank Act to report first to the Securities and Exchange Commission. “It’s situations like Olympus that lead employees to not have confidence in...
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December 18, 2011
Mary Schapiro: Massive Workload, Meager Budget
Investment News
“Many significant and necessary changes have been made in the enforcement division,” said Jordan Thomas, a partner at [prior firm] and a former assistant director of the SEC’s asset management unit. “Now it’s all about results. Nothing else is likely to satisfy Congress and the American public.”
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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.
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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.”
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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...
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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...
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December 13, 2011
34% of Employees Have Express Knowledge of Workplace Misconduct
InsideCounsel
“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...
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December 13, 2011
Would You Rat Out Your Boss? Majority of Americans Say Yes — For a Price
Time Moneyland
“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...
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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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December 1, 2011
The SEC Whistleblower Program’s Annual Report
Bloomberg Law TV
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February 10, 2020
Jordan Thomas Recognized as a 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust
Press Release
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...
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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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July 23, 2019
Labaton Sucharow Wins National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers Award for Securities Litigation
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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...
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