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LR Firm Accused of Betrayal in $65M BidLock Icon

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 >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Legal

Restraining Order Still in Place on Marijuana LicensesLock Icon

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 >
Absolute Essence LLC submitted its dispenseary application to the state medical marijuana commission in 2017.
Business Services / Government & Politics / Health Care

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 >
A lone shopper crosses a section of closed shops at Park Plaza in Little Rock.
Banking & Finance / Investments / Legal

$86.2M Judgment Awarded in Park Plaza ForeclosureLock Icon

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, at Markham Street and University Avenue in Little Rock, is caught up in the brick-and-mortar sales decline that was evident before the COVID-19 pandemic but has been worsened by it. Park Plaza, like a growing number of malls today, appears to be headed for foreclosure.
Banking & Finance / Investments / Legal

Park Plaza Moves Closer to ForeclosureLock Icon

Lenders are pushing forward with their foreclosure lawsuit against the owners of Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock. read more >
The headquarters of Redstone Construction Group, which was led by Michael Lasiter (inset), on West Dixon Road in Little Rock.
Business Services / Construction / Investments

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 >
Government & Politics / Legal

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 >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is asking legislators to form a blue ribbon commission to recommend further changes to the state's tax code.
Government & Politics / Legal

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 >
Carrie Underwood was to be the headliner at the 2015 Thunder on the Mountain country music festival, to have been held on Mulberry Mountain in Franklin County.
Legal / Media & Marketing / Tourism

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 >
Insurance / Investments / Legal

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 >
The Magellan Midstream terminal facility in North Little Rock.
Construction / Energy / Legal

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 >
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson and state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, who inserted language in legislation that allowed a no-bid agreement.
Government & Politics / Insurance / Investments

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 >
Construction / Energy / Legal

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 >
The former Hilton Medical Center has a court-approved receiver overseeing operations.
Banking & Finance / Legal / Real Estate

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 >