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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.”

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 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...

December 1, 2011

The SEC Whistleblower Program’s Annual Report

Bloomberg Law TV

November 18, 2011

Europeans Lead Foreigners in Reporting US Financial Crime

HRmagazine.co.uk

The program stemmed from “a series of scandals that were either undetected or unreported, from Enron until the legislation was passed, including the Madoff scandal,” explained Jordan Thomas, chair of the whistleblower representation practice at [Jordan Thomas][prior firm]. After regulators and politicians asked themselves what would most help law enforcement be more efficient and effective,...

November 17, 2011

SEC Reports Record Year for Fraud Enforcements, Expects More in 2012

Corporate Counsel

“In the coming years,” Thomas said Wednesday, “I predict that the SEC will exceed its previous records in both number of actions brought and the amount of sanctions collected as a result of whistleblower assistance.” New yearly records will be set, Thomas said, “because courageous insiders are finally breaking their silence.” Thomas left the SEC...

November 16, 2011

SEC Report Shows Slow Start To Whistleblower Program

[Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] partner and former SEC attorney Jordan Thomas said he was surprised by the low FCPA tip figure, and said the narrow seven-week snapshot underrepresented the number of FCPA whistleblower tips in play at the SEC. “Commission officials have spoken about receiving numerous FCPA submission since the enactment of the Dodd-Frank,” Thomas said. “I...

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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

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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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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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