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Cold Calling: Unsolicited Calls from Brokers

“This brochure tells you how to deal with cold calls, how to stop them, and how to evaluate any investment opportunity that comes your way over the telephone.” This publication may be helpful to potential whistleblowers that are concerned about an employer’s use or abuse of cold calling tactics.

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,...

The Street, The Bull and The Crisis: A Survey of the US & UK Financial Services Industry

Reports & Surveys

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...

Pressure To Act Unethically Looms Over Wall Street, Survey Finds

NPA All Things Considered

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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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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