On October 5, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rendered a judgment in favor of Dowd Bennett client Renal Care Group, Inc., in a widely-watched False Claims Act case.
On August 15, 2012, a unanimous jury in the District of Massachusetts (Boston) returned a verdict in favor of Dowd Bennett client Fresenius Medical Care.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a defense verdict in favor of Fresenius Medical Care North America.
Dowd Bennett Partners Jim Bennett, John Comerford and Megan Heinsz obtained summary judgment for Anheuser-Busch in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on a former A-B employee’s claim for severance benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Partners Jim Bennett and Jennifer Kingston were named on the briefs filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by Anheuser Anheuser-Busch Companies Pension Plan, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., and Anheuser-Busch Inbev, N.V.
In July 2009, St. Louis County and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission filed suit against a group of online travel companies.
Terry O’Toole won a victory in a pro bono case before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals in Washington, D.C., on behalf of a Vietnam Veteran who served in the United States Navy, including time aboard the U.S.S. Newman K. Perry. It was on that vessel that Mr. O’Toole’s client…
Partner Edward L. Dowd, Jr. presented oral argument in the appeal of The United States of America vs. Brian Ellefsen; 10-2857. Dowd Bennett was retained to handle the sentencing and appeal of this criminal tax case that was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The…
On March 2, 2010, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Dowd Bennett’s national retailer client.
In February, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order dismissing all of plaintiffs’ claims against Dowd Bennett’s client Mermart, LLC.
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