We Won!
I got some good news last week that I want to brag about just a little bit. Two years ago, my client, Laurelbrook School, was sued by the U.S. Department of Labor, which charged that the school's vocational program was just a pretense to allow the school to benefit from the students' unpaid labor. We had a seven-day trial (2 day in August 2008 and 5 days in April 2009). Last week, the judge ruled in favor of Laurelbrook, holding that its vocational program is valid and benefits the students more than the school.
You can read the order here. This was one of those good wins that keep idealistic lawyers in the profession.
