by Lance Turner and Gwen Moritz 3/20/2013 01:12 pm
Former northwest Arkansas real estate developer Brandon Barber has been arrested in New York and charged with multiple counts of bank fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud, bankruptcy fraud, false statements and concealment of assets
by Gwen Moritz 3/19/2013 09:39 am
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an insurance company in a class-action case brought in Miller County. The decision throws a wrench into a business plan used with great success by the Texarkana law firm of Keil & Goodson.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
The number of Arkansas State University employees who were apparently victims of a tax-return scam had grown to more than 140 by last week, according to a notice from the Arkansas Attorney General's Office.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Earlier this month, Mike Hill agreed that the Internal Revenue Service could slap a $468,815 judgment against him personally. The amount was for unpaid federal employment taxes owed from MDH Builders. The taxes are owned for parts of 2008 and 2009, according to the government's lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Little Rock.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Richard Watkins, the former Arkansas Game & Fish Commission vice chairman, recently pleaded not guilty in Lonoke District Court to two misdemeanors related to an incident in Lonoke County.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
According to a suit filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court, Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford, the company's receiver, is seeking to recoup money advanced to Steve Seeman, who was an agent for Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Co. in Texas.
by Arkansas Business Editors 3/18/2013 12:00 am
The General Assembly is at it again, taking away your right to know something just because someone somewhere might make improper use of the information.
by Evan C. Bell 3/18/2013 12:00 am
If you are a business owner with at least one employee, you could be violating a very expensive law.
by Lori L. Holzwarth 3/18/2013 12:00 am
I am writing in response to the article about gun trusts in your newspaper. I am an estate planning attorney specializing in trusts. But I am also a mother and a citizen concerned about the safety of our community and our country.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Robert Johnson has joined the energy group staff of Garver LLC in North Little Rock as a senior project manager. Johnson has 30 years of experience in engineering and was employed with Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. from 1983 to 2013.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
James Lee Witt, a native of Dardanelle, was a Yell County judge chosen in 1988 by then-Gov. Bill Clinton to lead Arkansas' Office of Emergency Services. After Clinton was elected president in 1992, he named Witt to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which he headed from 1993 to 2001. Witt founded Witt Associates, an international disaster management firm, in 2001. In January, Witt Associates merged with O'Brien's Response Management to form Witt O'Brien's.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 3/17/2013 05:22 pm
Democratic Sen. Joyce Elliott and Republican Sen. Johnny Key haven't agreed on much during the first nine weeks of this legislative session, and have split on proposals to restrict abortions in Arkansas, voter ID requirements and competing bills to rewrite the state's school choice law.
by Mark Carter 3/15/2013 09:44 am
Arkansas lawmakers this week received reports from two consultants hired by the state to study the economic impact of the proposed $1 billion Big River Steel project in Mississippi County.
by Lance Turner 3/14/2013 10:50 am
Arkansas' attorney general says an arbitration panel has issued a ruling that will allow a settlement to proceed between Arkansas and several tobacco companies that signed a 1998 anti-smoking agreement.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/12/2013 11:51 am
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says Arkansas and other states have reached a $7 million settlement with search giant Google Inc. over allegations the company collected data from unsecured wireless networks while taking photographs for its Street View service.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/11/2013 12:00 am
Widow of philanthropist Jennings Osborne seeks to recover silver, crystal and other valuables taken from a foreclosed property.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/11/2013 12:00 am
Mountain Pure LLC of Little Rock and several of its employees said federal agents crossed the line when they executed a search warrant at the plant in January 2012.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/11/2013 12:00 am
A former Little Rock attorney who made a name for himself representing country music celebrities in Nashville is facing a one-year suspension of his Tennessee law license for misusing tens of thousands of client dollars.
by Chris Bahn 3/11/2013 12:00 am
Negotiations between ABF Freight System Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will resume next week.
by Mark Friedman 3/11/2013 12:00 am
For gun owners who fear their weapons might be taken away through bankruptcy liquidation or a possible future ban on the transfer of assault weapons, there's a relatively new legal maneuver that might help: a gun trust.
At Annual Meeting, Dillard's Mulls What to Do With Cash 
