Dowd Bennett Partners Jim Bennett and Jennifer Kingston represented Nucor Corporation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on an appeal of the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Nucor on plaintiff’s claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). On March 1, 2018,…
Partners Jay Nixon and Jamie Rehmann, along with Associate Adam Simon, represent Grain Belt Express Clean Line, LLC. The article below was written by Jeffrey Tomich of E&E News. Former MO Governor pleads case to save $2.3B Clean Line
Bryce Gray of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, interviewed former Governor Nixon about the appellate brief filed on November 28, 2017, on behalf of Dowd Bennett client. Former Gov. Nixon leads legal challenge over denied wind transmission project
On Thursday, August 17, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed in part the largest plaintiffs’ win in Missouri in 2015, and remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings. The case, Jo Ann Howard and Associates, et al. v. National City Bank,…
On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld a minimum wage law passed by the City of St. Louis holding that the ordinance is not preempted by the state’s minimum wage laws. Dowd Bennett partners, Jamie Rehmann, Robert Epperson and Jim Martin represented the City of St.…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ordered the dismissal of United States of America ex rel., Chester Saldivar v. Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. on behalf of Dowd Bennett’s client, Fresenius Medical Care North America. The case dates back to November 2010 when Saldivar filed suit…
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.
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