Former Fleishman-Hillard [3] (F-H) public relations executives Doug Dowie [4] and John Stodder [5] are appealing their conviction for overbilling [6] the city of Los Angeles on contracts with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power [7]. Ted Rohrlich reports that "Stodder contends that prosecutors failed to disclose that Monique Moret, another Fleishman-Hillard employee who testified against him under a grant of immunity, had 'a strong reason' to tell prosecutors what they wanted to hear: protecting her father from possible prosecution in another case." The claim has been rejected by the U.S. attorney's office, with a spokesman stating that prosecutors were unaware of any connection between the cases. In 2006 Stodder and Dowie were respectively sentenced to serve 15 months and 3 1/2 years in prison but both were granted bail pending an appeal. Dowie is reported [8] to be set to appeal on the same grounds as Stodder.