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Former Enron Executive: SEC Whistleblower Program Is a Game Changer

The Wall Street Journal

Jordan Thomas was tapped for his perspective in a July 7, 2021 Wall Street Journal article by Mengqi Sun. The article is a profile on Sherron Watkins, the former Enron executive who blew the whistle on the now-defunct energy giant for its use of complicated off-balance-sheet vehicles to conceal hundreds of millions of dollars in...

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Bankruptcy Process Affects Whistleblower’s Big Payout

On June 27, 2021, the Wall Street Journal published an exposé by Mark Maremont on how a successful whistleblower under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) program could still walk away with nothing. Jordan Thomas was quoted on the matter. The article discussed the case of John McPherson and his whistleblowing about a company...

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What It’s Like to be a Wall Street Whistleblower

On June 21, 2021, Jordan Thomas was one of several whistleblower attorneys to comment in an in-depth Institutional Investor article by Leah McGrath Goodman entitled “What It’s Really Like to Be a Wall Street Whistleblower.” The article centers on the story of Eugene Ross, a former Bear Stearns broker with celebrity clients including Lily Cates....

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Roundtable Discussion on Whistleblowing Featuring Jordan Thomas

On May 28, 2021, Jordan Thomas was a featured panelist on a webinar presented by the Canada-based Anti-Corruption Law Program (“ACLP”).* The webinar was conducted in a roundtable discussion-format and had an international panel of heavy-hitters on the subject of whistleblowing from the worlds of business and law.** Jordan’s contributions – primarily coming at the...

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2020 Annual Report to Congress of the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program

The SEC’s FY 2020 OWB Annual Report (sec.gov) marks 10 years since inception of the Whistleblower Program, and the reported achievements highlight its exponential growth. In FY 2020, the Office of the Whistleblower received the most tips, processed the most award claims, had its largest aggregate total of money awarded to whistleblowers, and had the...

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Departing Chief Says SEC Whistleblower Program Shows Value of Speaking Up

The Wall Street Journal

Jordan Thomas was quoted in an April 16, 2021 Wall Street Journal article about the departure of Jane Norberg, Esq. from her position as Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower. It was announced on April 8 that she would be leaving, and the article states that “[h]er last day was Friday.” In an...

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The “I hung up on Warren Buffett” Podcast by Wolfpack Research

Jordan Thomas was the featured guest on a candid, 1+ hour-long podcast published April 2, 2021 by Wolfpack Research. Dan David acted as master of ceremonies and “Carl the sound guy” also participated. The podcast focused on a range of securities and securities regulation topics. Specific topics discussed include, inter alia, the following: Jordan’s upbringing...

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Dems may warm to principles-based rules

Regulatory Compliance Watch

Jordan Thomas’ recent lawsuit to protect whistleblowers is discussed in an April 1, 2021 article focused on the effects of politics in SEC rulemaking. The article, written by Bill Myers, says that Jordan’s lawsuit may be a “hard case [that] play[s] out in front of us” reflecting on whether Democrats will seek to repeal so-called...

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The Rise of Whistleblower Lawsuits, Where Tipsters Make Millions

Business Insider

Jordan Thomas was tapped for his perspective about whistleblowers in a March 29, 2021 article by Samantha Lee on BusinessInsider.com. The article is not focused on any particular whistleblower program and discusses qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act as well as the relatively recently-developed programs of the IRS, SEC and CFTC. Jordan made...

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February 17, 2021

Mortgage banker’s failed appeal sheds light on opaque SEC bounty process

Jordan Thomas was quoted in a Reuters article by Alison Frankel published on Feb. 17, 2021. Along with another prominent whistleblower attorney, Jordan provided information concerning whistleblower appeals of SEC award determinations. He observed that litigated appeals are exceedingly rare, and that he had no awareness of such litigation ever being successful for a whistleblower....

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January 31, 2021

Former SEC employee sues to halt whistleblower program changes

Politico ran an article on January 13, 2021 by Kellie Mejdrich discussing an injunctive action brought by Jordan Thomas in the U.S. District Court, Washington D.C. against recent SEC rule changes. Jordan was quoted as describing the rule changes as illegal under the Administrative Procedure Act and “a major step backwards.” The article highlights Jordan’s...

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January 14, 2021

Jay Clayton’s Legacy At Risk Because He Either Didn’t Read Or Didn’t Care About The Law

This Jan. 14, 2021 Dealbreaker article by Jon Shazar is highly critical of former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and rule changes he spearheaded at the end of his tenure concerning whistleblower award determinations. Against that backdrop, the author highlighted the litigation brought by Jordan Thomas challenging the SEC’s statutory authority to make these rule changes....

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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...

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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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