Herbert Wright
Ruling on Former Business Partners Involves New LLC Act
Thomas Chapin, a Pulaski County real estate investor, must pay $1.1M to former partner Matthew Lamb and was judicially expelled from their LLCs under Arkansas' updated 2021 LLC act. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
SQRL Fallout: $4M In Judgments & FBI Investigation
New civil disputes and financial judgments have joined the multistate court docket involving Joseph Blake Smith and his failed SQRL convenience store venture. read more >
by George Waldon -
Ruling Puts in Question Plan to Charter Organization an Arkansas School District
Judge Herbert Wright's ruling arises from the Legislature's adoption of the Arkansas LEARNS Act. The law allows any school district that is facing consolidation with another district to instead contract with a charter school or another entity to run its schools. read more >
by Associated Press -
The Rule of Law & LEARNS (Editorial)
We urge Arkansas courts to quickly determine the constitutionality of the Legislature’s voting practice. read more >
Arkansas Judge Temporarily Blocks State From Enforcing Education Overhaul Law
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert Wright issued the temporary restraining order in response to a lawsuit challenging a contract approved under the law for a charter school group to run an east Arkansas school district. read more >
by Associated Press -
Judge Orders Family to Have Access to Hall & Sons’ Books
Circuit Judge Herb Wright Jr. also told the defendants not to destroy or alter any corporate documents or sell any property. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Update: Judge Denies Fort Smith Cultivator’s Request for Rehearing in License Case
Storm Nolan argues that a ruling against River Valley Relief was flawed, and says $6 million worth of medical cannabis would go to waste if he's stripped of his license. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Cannabis Licensing at Issue as Adult-Use Vote Looms
As Arkansans face a possible November vote on legalizing recreational marijuana, the state Supreme Court has cast heavy legal shade over the system that handed out those licenses in the first place. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Hutchinson Calls Special Session on Mask Law for Wednesday
Gov. Asa Hutchinson calls members of the 93rd General Assembly into a special session to begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, aiming to give public school boards the power to decide whether to require masks read more >
Arkansas Judge Orders State to Resume Extra Jobless Aid
A judge orders Arkansas to resume its participation in supplemental federal unemployment assistance that the state cut off to thousands of workers. read more >
by Associated Press -