PR Overbilling Case Heads To Court

by Bob Burton — April 4, 2006 - 5:26am
Share/Save Share this

The trial of Douglas R. Dowie and John Stodder, two former executives with the PR firm Fleishman-Hillard (F-H) executives, commences this week over allegations that they overbilled the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power by approximately $325,000. Dowie and Stodder have pleaded not guilty. Dowie is also suing F-H alleging that he was sacked, the Los Angeles Times reports, in a bid to conceal a "larger scandal involving the laundering of illegal campaign contributions to Los Angeles politicians." F-H rejects the claim.

Main Source: 
Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2006.