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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.

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 [...]

22 11, 2019

ESPN Spotlights Bob Blitz & Chris Bauman in Rams, NFL Case

twistadmin2019-11-22T00:20:18+00:00November 22nd, 2019|News|

In an almost 8,000-word article posted on ESPN’s website today, writers Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr. recapped the expert legal maneuvering by Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch litigation attorney Chris Bauman in 2018 when he successfully argued to keep the complex and highly-charged Rams and NFL case out of arbitration—possibly a more favorable venue for the Rams. This is a major coup for St. Louis in their case against the Rams. Read ESPN story here Chris Bauman Contact us for a Consultation Have a legal issue or question? We invite you to contact us today to talk with one of our knowledgeable attorneys. 314-863-1500 or info@bbdlc.com. Over the last two decades Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch has earned [...]

20 11, 2019

Three BB&D Attorneys Named 2019 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers

twistadmin2019-11-20T20:21:33+00:00November 20th, 2019|News|

Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch is honored to announce three of our outstanding attorneys have been recognized by their peers as Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers – 2019. The annual Super Lawyers’ list consists of exceptional attorneys who are handpicked from a multitude of practice areas, having attained the highest degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. A notable distinction, since only 5% of Missouri and Kansas attorneys are chosen annually. Thomson Reuters, publishers of Super Lawyers magazine, designate attorneys as “Super Lawyers” based on an exhaustive selection process beginning with the attorney’s nomination by colleagues who are then researched and vetted by Super Lawyers’ staff, and finally, evaluated by peers made up of accomplished attorneys in more than 70 practice areas. [...]

9 10, 2019

Bob Blitz and Chris Bauman Spearhead Flurry of New Rulings Against the NFL, Rams

twistadmin2019-10-09T19:17:14+00:00October 9th, 2019|News|

Two appellate rulings in two days have found against the NFL, the Rams, Stan Kroenke, and other defendants in a lawsuit against them for wrongfully relocating the Rams away from St. Louis. Recently the trial court allowed the plaintiffs to obtain the phone and text records of various defendants, and the defendants appealed that decision to the Missouri Court of Appeals. That appellate court sided with the trial court, and BBD’s clients, and allowed the discovery of the phone and text records to proceed. One day later, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a request by the Rams and by Kroenke to freeze the case in state court while the Rams and Kroenke continue to argue that [...]