A Pulaski County Circuit judge recently ruled that the family of a 20-year-old woman who died of a drug overdose will win its lawsuit because Rivendell Behavioral Health Services of Arkansas intentionally destroyed key evidence.
One of the largest medical suppliers in the country is suing the troubled New Jersey nursing home chain that operated a number of facilities in Arkansas.
Three months after setting a deadline, there has been no resolution announced in a stalemate that followed the firing of chief fundraiser Mona Dixon, the AETN Foundation COO who had been a fixture in Arkansas educational TV for three decades.
A photographer filed a lawsuit in Washington County Circuit Court alleging that a real estate agent defamed him on Facebook. read more >
Investing in the marijuana business these days doesn't require bags of cash or secret handoffs, but there are still risks, and experts advise looking before leaping into the new medical cannabis industry. read more >
The LSAT, according to Malcolm Gladwell's theory, rewards people who read quickly and penalizes those who think deeply. read more >
When did health care become just a business, a revenue generator like any other? read more >
Neal Johnson has joined Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville to support the new contemporary art space The Momentary. Emily Neuman and Erin Anson Ellis have also joined the staff. read more >
Fire Chief Kevin Miller of Jonesboro has received the E.W. Sewell Fire Chief of the Year Award from the Arkansas Fire Chiefs Association. read more >
Former Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson is surrendering his law license after pleading guilty to bribery, conspiracy and tax fraud charges in federal court. read more >
An Arkansas judge who participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration the same day he blocked the state from using a lethal injection drug wants state Supreme Court justices to disqualify themselves from hearing his request to handle execution-related cases again. read more >
Members of a Mayflower family who failed to acknowledge their relationship on applications for medical marijuana dispensary licenses did not violate state rules, regulators say. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson makes appointments to state boards and commissions. read more >
Arkansas Business will honor more than 40 companies designated among this year's "Best Places to Work" during an awards luncheon in September. read more >
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will speak in Little Rock in September as part of the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture series, produced by the Clinton Foundation and Clinton School of Public Service. read more >
Cannabis advocate Melissa Fults says her nonprofit will file two ballot petitions with the Arkansas secretary of state on Wednesday, including one that would legalize recreational use of cannabis. read more >
Former Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson admits accepting thousands of dollars in bribes to help a health nonprofit as part of a plea deal in a sprawling federal corruption investigation. read more >
If you think Heide Harrell impressed the Public Relations Society of America with her diligence, you're probably right. read more >
After two months and $2 million in sales, Arkansas' spanking new medical marijuana industry is poised to break a supply logjam. read more >
A Fayetteville attorney recently settled a malpractice lawsuit after it turned out that the birth mother in an adoption case wasn't even pregnant. read more >
Bourbon & Boots has filed an answer to the state attorney general's accusation that the company violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. read more >
The $31 million Chancellor Hotel deal in Fayetteville now comes with a backstory that is the subject of breach-of-contract litigation in Washington County Circuit Court. read more >
Walmart stores in New Mexico plan to stop selling guns later this month after a new state law expanded background checks to nearly all gun purchases. read more >
The Arkansas attorney general is asking a federal judge for a hearing on whether to block three new abortion restrictions a day or two before they're to take effect. read more >
President Donald Trump announced Monday his intent to nominate Lee Philip Rudofsky of Arkansas as judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. read more >
Uniti Group Inc. of Little Rock responds to a motion filed Friday by creditors of Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock seeking to block Windstream from making lease payments to Uniti. read more >
It looks like legal problems are on the menu for Tim Chappell, owner of Gusano's Chicago-Style Pizzeria. read more >
A Tulsa man who was hit by a car while walking in a Bentonville crosswalk alleged the driver is hiding assets to avoid paying him a $350,000 judgment. read more >
Airways Freight Corp. of Fayetteville filed for an injunction against Bank OZK after the bank put a hold on its account. read more >
We didn't know then — how could we? — that Dr. Ben Burris put then-state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson on a $5,000-a-month retainer to champion Burris' orthodontic agenda. That, needless to say, is not how representative democracy is supposed to work, even if the goal is worthy. read more >
Accusations of corporate mismanagement against the former CEO of NanoMech, Jim Phillips, have intensified into allegations of self-dealing and securities fraud. read more >
The $12.5 million class-action judgment against a New Jersey man and his business will stand after the Arkansas Supreme Court decided last month not to review the case. read more >
Kathlyn Graves and Nathan Read received the Arkansas Bar Foundation's 2018-19 writing award for best in category at the Annual Foundation Membership Meeting held in Hot Springs. read more >
