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“The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to offer basic information about corporate bonds.”

Employer Scare Tactics May Chill SEC Whistleblower Program

But an issue has emerged that could stanch the flow of tips. Despite an anti-retaliation provision in the Dodd-Frank Act, the law that created the whistleblower office, some plaintiffs attorneys complain that companies are using language in severance, confidentiality and other employment agreements that threatens employees with termination if they communicate directly with the SEC....

Hazy Future for Thriving S.E.C. Whistle-Blower Effort

The New York Times

Calls from whistle-blowers came pouring in. In a recent report to Congress, Mr. McKessy stated that his office in the last fiscal year received 3,001 tips. “I expect you’ll see more cases in the coming year,” said Jordan A. Thomas, a former S.E.C. official who helped create the office and is now handling whistle-blower complaints...

New Survey Reveals Problems in the Hedge Fund Industry; Affirms Importance of the SEC Whistleblower Program

Labaton Sucharow

Earlier this month, we announced the results of a survey that we conducted in partnership with HedgeWorld and the Hedge Fund Association. The survey polled U.S. hedge fund professionals on the prevalence of misconduct in the workplace and the effectiveness of firm leadership and the government in curtailing and responding to securities violations.The results revealed...

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Hedge Fund Snitches Seek SEC Riches

The bounties, as well as the SEC’s promise to protect whistleblowers from retaliation, could be attractive enough to hedge fund employees to make them overcome any skittishness about going to the agency, according to [law firm] partner Jordan Thomas, who chairs the firm’s whistleblower practice and previously served in a leadership role for the SEC...

Hedge Fund Workers’ Shameful Secret: Rulebreaking

“The high percentage of hedge fund professionals that are aware of the SEC Whistleblower Program and are willing to report wrongdoing is extremely encouraging,” Jordan Thomas, chairman of the whistleblower representation practice at [prior firm], said in the statement. “Without individuals willing to report possible securities violations, internally or externally, responsible organizations and law enforcement...

More Than a Third of Hedge Fund Professionals Feel Pressured to Break Rules in Pursuit of Alpha

“The high percentage of hedge fund professionals that are aware of the SEC Whistleblower Program and are willing to report wrongdoing is extremely encouraging,” says Jordan Thomas, chair of the Whistleblower Representation Practice at [prior firm]. “Without individuals willing to report possible securities violations, internally or externally, responsible organisations and law enforcement authorities cannot police...

Hanky Panky By Hedge Funds Is No Secret, Study Says

Institutional Investor's Alpha

“The question about compensation pressures shows a fundamental disconnect because what people say they stand for and how the internal policies actually work,” says Jordan Thomas, a partner at [prior firm] in New York, which sponsored the survey, along with the HFA and Reuters Hedgeworld. Respondents came from member and subscriber databases supplied by the...

Hedge Fund Industry Survey

NEW YORK – An independent survey of hedge fund professionals commissioned by [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s], HedgeWorld and the Hedge Fund Association, revealed that nearly half (46 percent) believe that their competitors engage in illegal activity; more than one third (35 percent) have personally felt pressure to break the rules and about one third (30 percent)...

Reports & Surveys

Half of Hedge Funds Think Their Competitors Are Cheating

The Wall Street Journal

The Hedge Fund Association, a trade group representing smaller hedge funds, and the industry publication HedgeWorld sent out emails to their member and subscriber lists asking them to participate in the survey, according to Jordan Thomas, [whose prior firm] commissioned the study along with the two organizations. Research Now, an online data collection firm, supplied...

One in Three Hedge Fund Workers Admits to Knowing About Rule-Breaking, Says US Survey

Jordan Thomas, Chair of the Whistleblower Representation Practice at [prior firm]. “Without individuals willing to report possible securities violations, internally or externally, responsible organizations and law enforcement authorities cannot police the marketplace effectively and efficiently.”

2013 Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program

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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...

Articles & Perspectives

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...

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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