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4 08, 2020

BB&D Successfully Defends the Dismissal of Petition Against Carpenters Union

twistadmin2020-08-04T16:13:41+00:00August 4th, 2020|News|

BB&D attorneys Robert Blitz and Aaron Sanders successfully defended the Kansas City-St. Louis Regional Carpenters Council on appeal from the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a former business agent. The lawsuit centered around allegations of wrongful termination implicating a complex area of federal law governing unions under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. The plaintiff attempted to bring twenty-eight separate claims in the lawsuit. Relying on their vast experience in both employment litigation and complex business litigation, BB&D secured the dismissal of all claims. On appeal, the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals agreed with BB&D and affirmed the dismissal.

7 07, 2020

Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch Wins $1.3 Million Arbitration Award For Construction Client

twistadmin2020-07-07T18:32:17+00:00July 7th, 2020|News|

BB&D attorneys Robert D. Blitz and Jason K. Turk represented a design-build company in its breach of contract action against a subcontractor. Our client brought the action after the subcontractor did not provide the workers or materials to complete its scope of work in compliance with the project’s schedule. Our client had to supplement the subcontractor’s work with its own workers and contract with additional subcontractors to complete the work. The subcontractor also was not paying its own sub-subcontractors and suppliers, and they filed liens against the project. The subcontractor asserted its own claim against our client for more than $900,000. The proceeding was conducted via videoconference to ensure the safety of all participants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The [...]

26 05, 2020

BB&D Welcomes Thomas Limbrick

twistadmin2020-05-26T18:47:14+00:00May 26th, 2020|News|

Thomas Limbrick has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as an associate and represents clients in a range of civil litigation, including business torts, class actions, employment disputes, and personal injury. Prior to joining the firm, Tom served as a law clerk to Judge Ronnie L. White of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and Judge Mary Rhodes Russell of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Tom attended the University of Missouri School of Law and served as Managing Editor of the Missouri Law Review.

26 05, 2020

BB&D Welcomes Mark Sanders

twistadmin2020-05-26T18:46:34+00:00May 26th, 2020|News|

Mark Sanders has joined the firm as an attorney in the firm’s St. Louis office. After clerking for the Honorable Judge Duane Benton at the Missouri Supreme Court, Mark has been in private practice in St. Louis for more than twenty years, concentrating his practice in commercial, real estate, and fiduciary litigation. Mark is also a certified mediator and has received the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

19 03, 2020

The Impact of Coronavirus on Contractual Obligations

twistadmin2020-03-19T16:50:31+00:00March 19th, 2020|News|

Aaron Sanders As the world continues grappling with the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic, you may be left wondering about the legal obligations stemming from cancelled events and business in St. Louis and across the country. As experienced commercial litigation attorneys, our law firm has already been involved in addressing clients’ anxious concerns over COVID-19’s effect on existing contracts. And rightly so. These are unprecedented times. While generally speaking, a party is legally required to perform its duties (fulfill its legal obligation) under a contract, many people do not realize that there are available legal remedies that may excuse or delay their obligation. CDC Photo In many instances, a commercial contract will contain what [...]

5 03, 2020

BB&D Attorneys Quickly Terminate Labor Investigation Without Penalty

twistadmin2020-05-15T19:18:46+00:00March 5th, 2020|News|

The U.S. Department of Labor audited a growing company with a nationwide network of salespeople and service technicians who were paid primarily by commission. The DOL believed that our client unlawfully failed to pay its employees overtime and demanded hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay and penalties be paid to the employees.

17 02, 2020

Business Owners: Plan Ahead to Avoid Unnecessary Stress & Costly Litigation

twistadmin2020-05-15T17:56:24+00:00February 17th, 2020|Insights|

Let’s face it, a phone call to your business attorney is typically an afterthought, not a before thought. As in, before you find yourself on the wrong end of a civil lawsuit. Hiring an experienced business lawyer early in the game helps to ensure you still have a business come the ninth inning.

11 02, 2020

DED Rules Are Implementing Significant Changes to Missouri’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program

twistadmin2020-05-04T20:39:49+00:00February 11th, 2020|Business Litigation, Insights|

Rules promulgated by the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) significantly alter Missouri’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program (HTC). The emergency rules, which took effect March 30, 2019, implement Senate Bill 590 enacted during the 2018 legislative session. The rules are expected to become final during the second half of 2019. In addition to reducing the annual cap on HTC projects receiving more than $275,000 in credits and increasing the tax credit issuance fee, SB 590 granted DED significantly more discretion in approving applications and established a number of additional requirements for HTC applicants. Consistent with SB 590, DED’s rules convert the former open application process to a semi-annual competitive process. Although the new competitive process is similar to competitive [...]

11 02, 2020

Legislation Modifies Missouri’s Business Incentive and Worker Training Programs

twistadmin2020-05-04T20:40:05+00:00February 11th, 2020|Insights|

Legislation passed by the Missouri General Assembly modifies Missouri’s industry training and business incentive programs. Senate Bill 68 enacts key components of Governor Parson’s economic development and workforce development agenda. SB 68 renames the Missouri Works Training Program to the “Missouri One Start Program,” which provides flexible funding for a company’s training costs associated with a new facility, expansion or retraining project. Companies may utilize industry training funds to offset training costs for new products, new manufacturing processes, technological innovation, and productivity improvement. Under SB 68, a company is no longer required to retain its current number of employees, instead becoming eligible by maintaining at least one-hundred jobs in the year preceding the application. Additional changes include granting express [...]

22 11, 2019

Missouri Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch’s Rams Phone Records Subpoena

twistadmin2019-11-22T15:56:02+00:00November 22nd, 2019|News|

Fox 2 News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch attorneys Bob Blitz and Chris Bauman’s subpoena to make four phone companies turn over the last eight years of phone records of the NFL and team owners, including Stan Kroenke, in St. Louis' lawsuit against the Rams. The NFL and Rams unsuccessfully tried blocking the subpoena. Another positive step in St. Louis’ lawsuit proceedings against the Rams. See Fox 2 News coverage and read St. Louis Post-Dispatch story. Robert Blitz Chris Bauman Contact us for a Consultation Have a legal issue or question? We invite you to contact us today [...]

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