Alice Gray
LR Firm Accused of Betrayal in $65M Bid
Almost four years after winning a $65 million contract from the state of Nevada, an appeals court has ordered the Little Rock firm, Protech Solutions Inc., to turn over documents that Chase Global believes will support its claim that it was cheated out of millions of dollars. read more >
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Restraining Order Still in Place on Marijuana Licenses
A Pulaski County Circuit Court judge has extended a temporary restraining order that prevents the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission from issuing the state’s remaining dispensary licenses. read more >
Racial Bias Alleged In Dispensary Denial
A Little Rock Black-owned business that sued the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission also has a case alleging racial discrimination against the firm that scored the applications for medical marijuana dispensary licenses. read more >
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$86.2M Judgment Awarded in Park Plaza Foreclosure
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray awarded an $86.2 million judgment plus interest from July 1 to Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas against Park Plaza Mall CMBS LLC of Chattanooga, Tennessee. read more >
Park Plaza Moves Closer to Foreclosure
Lenders are pushing forward with their foreclosure lawsuit against the owners of Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock. read more >
Future Roles in Lasiter Estate Go Before Judge
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 >
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Voter ID Fight Testing Court as Much as New Law (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
The Arkansas Supreme Court's decision to allow the state to enforce its voter ID law in this month's primary while justices consider whether the measure is unconstitutional sets up a test over Republican lawmakers' efforts to reinstate a law struck down four years ago. More importantly, it will show how much the state's highest court has changed since 2014. read more >
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Arkansas Execution Plan Again Thrown Into Doubt
While the latest court rulings could be overturned, Arkansas now faces an uphill battle to execute any inmates before the end of April, when one of its lethal injection drugs expires. read more >
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Path Cleared for Class-action Lawsuit Against ‘Thunder on the Mountain’
Country music festival concert-goers received a legal victory last week when the Arkansas Court of Appeals found that their potential class-action lawsuit could go forward against an organizer of the canceled Thunder on the Mountain event at Mulberry Mountain near Ozark in 2015. read more >
Canceled Thunder on the Mountain Music Festival Leads to Lawsuits
The canceled Thunder on the Mountain music event, planned for near Ozark, has led to dueling lawsuits and a class-action claim on behalf of ticket holders. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Midland, Magellan Pipeline Settle on Easement
Arkansas Midland Railroad Co. last week settled its easement dispute over Magellan Pipeline Co.’s $200 million pipeline project from Fort Smith to Little Rock. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
John Goodson Helped Law Firms Get State Auditor Contract Potentially Worth Millions
State Auditor Andrea Lea agreed to pay inexperienced out-of-state attorneys a fee nearly twice as high as other states have committed to pay in a pursuit of unredeemed U.S. Treasury bonds. read more >
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Title Granted to Magellan on Slim Piece of Pulaski Property
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray has signed an order of possession for a 0.17-acre piece of land in North Little Rock that was the subject of an eminent domain filing. read more >
Receiver Appointed for Clarion Hotel Medical Center on University
A receiver has been appointed to run the Clarion at 925 S. University Ave. while it makes its way through a foreclosure lawsuit. read more >