Gibson Dunn already has considerable experience with the "whistleblower" provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which prohibits workplace discrimination against employees who report what they "reasonably believe" to be federal securities violations. We are accustomed to representing audit committees in their investigation and resolution of whistleblower allegations, as well as companies that are defending whistleblower cases before the Department of Labor. We have years of experience handling cases under the other whistleblower laws enforced by OSHA, on which the new Sarbanes-Oxley provision is modeled; and we are familiar with OSHA investigative procedures as well as trial and motions practice before departmental administrative law judges. We also are able to draw as necessary on the expertise of attorneys in our respected Securities Litigation Practice Group, and on our Business Crimes and Investigations Practice Group, whose co-chair, Marcellus, is also a member of the Firm's Labor and Employment Group.
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