D.P. Marshall Jr.
Chandler Wilson Carroll Set to Change Plea in Fraudulent Loan Case
Chandler Wilson Carroll, a Little Rock businesswoman, will plead guilty on July 8 to charges of fraudulently securing $2.1 million in pandemic loans, which she allegedly used for personal purchases. read more >
Tree of Life Wins Case After Defendant Disappears
A U.S. District Court judge recently awarded $1.6 million to a North Little Rock company after the company it sued failed to talk to its own attorneys or be involved in court proceedings. read more >
Fed Expects to Call Hundreds of Witnesses in USDA Fraud Case
It looks like the criminal trial involving four sisters in their 70s who are accused of defrauding the federal government is going to be a big one. read more >
All in the Family: 4 Sisters Accused of $11.5M Fraud
A federal grand jury in Arkansas has charged the sisters, who are all in their 70s, with cheating the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of millions of dollars intended for minority farmers who had suffered discrimination in USDA programs. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Class Action Lawsuit Tests Baptist Billing Tactic
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 >
by Mark Friedman -
Ill-Fitting Coat Leads to Firefighter Judgment
A federal jury in Jonesboro recently awarded a former West Memphis firefighter $937,500 for being burned while wearing a fire coat that didn’t properly fit. read more >
$21M Judgment Follows Collapse of Heartland Bank Deal
In late 2015, Suneet Singal thought he had a great deal with Heartland Bank of Little Rock. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Plains & Eastern Clean Line Appears Doomed In Arkansas
After putting nearly nine years and more than $100 million of investors’ money into a $2.5 billion power transmission project across Oklahoma and Arkansas, the electric dream of Michael Skelly has shorted out. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Marion Bank Ordered To Pay Letter of Credit Related to Crittenden Regional Bankruptcy
An insurance company had a straightforward $300,000 commercial letter of credit from First Community Bank of Eastern Arkansas, and that’s bad news for the Marion bank with $150.8 million in assets. read more >
Federal Hearing Set for Dillard’s in EEOC Case
A U.S. District Court judge recently ordered Dillard’s Inc. to explain why it won’t comply with a subpoena from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. read more >
Siemens Lawsuit Against Monticello Tossed
The city of Monticello recently received an early victory in its legal fight with the Illinois contractor hired for a $10 million water project. read more >
Class Action Approved Against Crittenden Hospital Association
Yolanda Goodman of Memphis sued the West Memphis hospital in 2014 on behalf of approximately 600 former employees who participated in the company’s self-sponsored health plan from January 2012 until the hospital filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 12, 2014, according to her lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Jonesboro. read more >