Press Releases and News Articles
2011	ACLU AND TRABER & VOORHEES FILE LAWSUIT OVER POLICE ROUNDUP OF LATINO STUDENTS AT GLENDALE'S HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL. The lawsuit is based on a roundup of Latino students conducted last year at Hoover High School in Glendale. On September 24, 2010, school administrators , working with police and school-based probation officers, rounded up fifty-six Latino students during their lunch period, herded them into classrooms, interrogated them, and forced them to pose for mock mug shots. The students were targeted even though the police had no evidence that they were violating any laws or breaking school rules. To read the press release describing the case click here.
2011	Federal judge and abitrator gave final approval to $22.75 million settlement of nationwide class action settling wage and hour claims for more than 23,000 delivery drivers who have worked for Cintas Corporation. Checks were mailed between July 16 and July 20, 2011. On June 3, 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg and American Arbitration Association Arbitrator Bruce Meyerson granted final approval of the $22.75 million settlement negotiated on behalf of a nationwide class of current and former delivery drivers who have worked for Cintas Corporation. Traber & Voorhees acted as class counsel to the plaintiff class along with Altshuler Berzon LLP and Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP. To read Judge Seeborg's and Arbitrator Meyerson's final approval orders, click here and here. To view the settlement agreement, click here. Judge Seeborg also approved the payment of plaintiffs' attorneys' fees and costs of approximately $6.7 million from the $22.75 million settlement fund. The deadline for submitting claims to participate in the settlement has passed. Between the time when the Court approved the settlement and July 16, the Claims Administrator calculated the value of each claimant's settlement based on the plan of allocation set forth in the settlement agreement. Checks were mailed out between July 16 and July 20, 2011. For further information, you may contact the Settlement Information Center toll-free at 1-877-393-5666.
2011	Federal District Court Judge Dean Pregerson finds the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works violated its employees' rights under the California and U.S. Constitutions when it secretly videotaped them in the DPW's Dispatch Room, entering summary judgment against the County. For a copy of the Court's Order click here.
2010	California Court of Appeal upholds Sergeant Mitch Grobeson's right to a new trial on his allegations that the City of LA (LAPD) and then-Commander Daniel Watson discriminated against him because he is gay and that the City retaliated against him for engaging in protected conduct. For a copy of the opinion click here.
2009	Read order decertifying certain class claims, among other things in Burdick v. Union Security Ins. Co. et al. - class action brought on behalf of individuals in California who purchased a long term disability conversion policy from Union Security (d/b/a Assurant Employee Benefits).
2008	Court certifies class in Burdick v. Union Security Ins. Co. et al. - class action brought on behalf of individuals in California who purchased a long term disability conversion policy from Union Security (d/b/a Assurant Employee Benefits). Read full order.
2007	Defendants ordered to pay almost $3 million in fees and costs, resolving a landmark fair housing case that lasted more than 15 years. Read release