Walmart has agreed to change its national policy for reassigning disabled workers to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Maine.
The developer of the Hotel Hot Springs & Spa has been accused of improperly transferring millions of dollars to his wife or into a trust before filing bankruptcy to avoid paying creditors.
More than $8.5 million of new and pending utility improvement projects are underway in and around Helena-West Helena. Pieces of the infrastructure puzzle are moving into place to enhance local economic prospects as well as industrial recruitment.
The 200-room Hotel Hot Springs & Spa is now in the hands of its creditor after foreclosure auction at the Garland County Courthouse. read more >
Marcus Shane Sweetin of Little Rock was sentenced Wednesday to 33 months in prison for making false statements on loan applications, costing AgHeritage Farm Credit, BancorpSouth Bank and Regions Bank more than $3.3 million. read more >
State and local laws and ordinances can be vexing for small business owners who find they have a list of requirements to comply with while trying to run their companies. And small companies can find compliance more difficult because they don't have employees whose job is to keep abreast of new requirements. read more >
Arkansas Business announces 35 businesses, nonprofits and executives from around the state as finalists for its 32nd Annual Business of the Year Awards. read more >
Donna Herring, a former Camden real estate agent, was sentenced last week to 41 months in federal prison for orchestrating an infamous fake will that came to light at the end of 2016. Her sister, brother-in-law and daughter were all sentenced last week for their parts in the scheme. read more >
Public affairs firm InVeritas of Little Rock recently launched a new product called Global i for companies and individuals in need of comprehensive, fact-based intelligence. read more >
The parent company of Walmart has sued dozens of counties in Colorado where the company has store locations. The company claims its stores' equipment is being overvalued. read more >
Donna Herring, a former Camden real estate agent, is sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for orchestrating a fake will. read more >
Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock, which is working its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, announced Tuesday that mediation to modify its lease arrangement with spinoff Uniti Group Inc. of Little Rock has ended. read more >
Herbology, the first Little Rock medical marijuana dispensary to seek state inspection, didn't make its Nov. 7 goal for opening, disappointing local patients still waiting to inhale. read more >
I feel compelled to make this point every year or two, since it is the most important lesson I've learned from two decades as your business editor: Wealth and the appearance of wealth are two different things. read more >
East Harding Construction has completed a 10-year buyout plan making Van Tilbury the sole owner, and executives are sharing how they went about it. read more >
Mutual accusations of money-grubbing provide common ground in the courtroom wrangling over the estate of Michael Lasiter, owner of RedStone Construction Group of Little Rock. read more >
A Washington County judge offered Levi Crowe a choice in 2016: a drug recovery program or jail. It was an easy choice, but Crowe had no idea that recovery would include working full time for no pay. read more >
David Biscoe Bingham and Stuart Spencer have joined Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard as counsel in the Little Rock office. read more >
Walmart and Tesla have settled a lawsuit filed by the retail giant alleging that Tesla installed rooftop solar panels that caught fire. read more >
Dale Bartlett, a co-owner of Turner Grain Merchandising Inc., was sentenced Saturday to five years in the state prison after a jury found him guilty of one felony count of writing a hot check. read more >
The Delaware bankruptcy of Springdale's NanoMech Inc. has taken a bizarre cloak-and-dagger turn: Former CEO Jim Phillips, under oath in September, cited “national security” when refusing to answer questions about 46 transactions that its top financial officer knew only as the “CIA arrangement.” read more >
Blake Brizzolara has joined the litigation practice at Friday Eldredge & Clark in Rogers. read more >
A Little Rock firefighter recently scored a legal victory against the state's largest hospital system over how it bills patients injured by the actions of others. read more >
Adam Grimmett's reason for insuring Arkansas' new medicinal marijuana industry is personal. An Afghan war veteran, he wants to help ex-service members. read more >
Every technological advance comes with some unintended consequences. read more >
With a law degree from Yale and a lightning-quick mind, John Walker, born in Hope, could have had a brilliant career anywhere. Instead, he quite deliberately chose to stay in Arkansas to try to remedy some of the many wrongs of a racist power and educational structure, many of which he personally suffered. read more >
Supportive family members cried in a Hot Springs courtroom Friday morning as Berry R. Bishop, the Hot Springs insurance agent who also had offices in Prescott and Arkadelphia, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for bank fraud totaling more than $4.3 million. read more >
The state increased pay for the 12 appeals court judges by $2,500 plus a 2.5% bump that adjusts to cost of living. read more >
State Rep. John W. Walker, a Little Rock lawyer and civil rights legend, has died. read more >
The public auction will be held in the foyer of the Garland County Courthouse in Hot Springs, with the proceeds from the sale helping to pay a $128.9 million judgment handed down against the hotel's owner back in June. read more >
Berry Bishop, the Hot Springs insurance agent who also had offices in Prescott and Arkadelphia, is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Hot Springs on Friday morning. read more >
Following the money explains the opioid crisis and explains why it has been allowed to continue. read more >
A couple who farmed in Monroe County allegedly tried to shield assets from creditors before filing a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy, according to a lawsuit filed last month by a bankruptcy trustee. read more >
