This month's legal action by fired Razorback football coach Bret Bielema paints the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Wally Hall as something of a stenographer for the Razorback Foundation, Bielema's target in a $7 million breach-of-promise lawsuit.
The recent fraud trial of Bill and Carolyn Schwyhart represented a first for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Troubled investment adviser Adam Kuettel has added a new problem to his list: the Arkansas Securities Department.
A Superior Court judge has ordered Mountaire Corp. of Little Rock and two Delaware subsidiaries to pay more than $28,000 in sanctions for repeatedly refusing to provide information in a lawsuit over wastewater violations. read more >
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Wednesday she's running for governor in 2022, setting up a potentially crowded and expensive Republican primary. read more >
Craighead County Clerk Kade Holliday was arrested Monday and charged with 13 counts of theft of property and one count of abuse of office. read more >
The head of Arkansas' prison system said Monday she's retiring at the end of July after more than 2,300 inmates have been infected with the coronavirus. read more >
Sean T. Keith has received the Golden Gavel Award from the Arkansas Bar Association. read more >
While many organizations had plans for emergencies, few anticipated a pandemic or the mixed messages that have followed from both the government and health professionals. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that technology has made remote work viable for positions previously considered not suitable for such arrangements. And many employees who were previously apprehensive about remote work have now embraced it. Will employers now consider making remote work permanent for such positions? read more >
Some, like the hospitality industry, are bracing for a long, slow return to pre-COVID vitality. Others, like the energy sector, see a quicker recovery after the early swoon. Some trends seem baked into expectations, like reliance on home-based employees and the technology they use. read more >
A legal dispute alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition pits two lenders with markedly different profiles that share similar names. read more >
The families of three workers who died after contracting the coronavirus in an Iowa meat plant outbreak sued Tyson Foods and its top executives Thursday, saying the company knowingly put employees at risk and lied to keep them on the job. read more >
The former northwest Arkansas real estate developer revealed the terminal diagnosis Wednesday morning as testimony wrapped up in bankruptcy court in Dallas, where he is accused of defrauding creditors. read more >
The former Jonesboro accountant who has a $9 million civil judgment against him for embezzling money and pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud is sentenced to 60 months in federal prison read more >
HMG Investments proved to be a popular topic of questioning Monday in the bankruptcy fraud trial of Bill and Carolyn Schwyhart in Dallas. read more >
A ruling won't be coming this week in the Dallas trial regarding alleged bankruptcy fraud by Bill and Carolyn Schwyhart. read more >
Did Bill Schwyhart, the former high-flying northwest Arkansas developer, and his wife, Carolyn, commit bankruptcy fraud? That question goes before the judicial firing line during a three-day trial scheduled to run today through Wednesday in Dallas before Bankruptcy Judge Harlin Hale. read more >
Bradford Estates LLC, led by Ryan Aclin, Jeff Aclin and Jarod Puckett, bought its self-named 141-unit complex at 6310 Col. Glenn Road in Little Rock for nearly $4.6 million. read more >
The latest development in Gary Heathcott's lawsuit against his former partners at CJRW, the large Little Rock marketing firm, is that there have been no developments. read more >
Shane Perry shared some of Walmart's management tips while he was on the stand in his divorce proceeding in 2018. read more >
Since I'm not at all sure any of us have a good grasp on how much our worlds will have been changed by the pandemic, I think of this week's list as a final snapshot of the old normal that will be valuable when it comes time to document the new normal. read more >
The 33rd annual list of the state's largest private companies serves as a baseline for pre-pandemic revenue. read more >
A former in-house attorney for Walmart Inc. said he knew in February 2017 that his career at the Bentonville retailer was coming to an end when he refused to make changes to a memo he had written years earlier about a bribery investigation in Mexico. read more >
The face of journalism today is battered and bloody, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published proof on June 4. read more >
North Little Rock's new entertainment district is all about allowing restaurant patrons to hang out and relax outside — but not party hard — in the Argenta neighborhood. read more >
The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce says several businesses are seeking more information about the city's mask ordinance, citing questions left unanswered by the law's language. read more >
The U.S. Small Business Administration posts a revised Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness application reflecting changes to the program signed into law by President Trump on June 5. read more >
Arkansas Business is regularly updating this page with links and contact information for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Arkansas' attorney general on Tuesday sued Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker over his promotion of a product falsely touted as a cure for the illness caused by the coronavirus. read more >
As businesses reopen across the U.S. after coronavirus shutdowns, many are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won't sue if they catch COVID-19. read more >
A federal appeals court on Monday halted a judge's decision blocking an Arkansas requirement for signatures on initiative petitions to be witnessed in person. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs three executive orders to protect businesses and employees from lawsuits over COVID-19 exposure. read more >
