Joshua Silverstein
Bank OZK’s Landfill Legal Battle Raises Questions About Taxpayer Bailouts
Bank OZK of Little Rock is involved in a court battle over a landfill purchase that has generated opposing circuit court rulings and raised questions about whether Arkansas taxpayers can be required to bail out holders of revenue bonds. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Ex-Con in Fraud Case Takes the Fifth
Asked to explain what happened to millions of dollars lent to him by an elderly Little Rock man, Kristian D. Nelson repeatedly cited his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Knives Out for Lawyers As Bielema Feud Festers
The feud between former University of Arkansas Head Football Coach Bret Bielema and the Razorback Foundation is getting worse. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Blinds Business Sale Opens Window to Lawsuits, Bankruptcy
The $2.9 million sale of a Benton County custom blinds company has left wreckage in its wake, with the buyers filing for personal bankruptcy and the sellers suing the deal’s broker, alleging fraud. read more >
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Arkansas Fax Avengers Target Wells Fargo for $22M
Financial giant Wells Fargo is the latest company snared in a multimillion-dollar legal strategy honed in Arkansas: filing class-action suits over unwanted faxes. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Judge Rules Rivendell Destroyed Evidence in Overdose Case
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. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Mayflower RV Case Awards Defy Precedent, Appeal Says
A $1 million judgment awarded to the widow of a man who died cleaning up debris following the 2014 Mayflower tornado could be the subject of an Arkansas Supreme Court review of decades of legal precedent. read more >
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Joshua Silverstein on the Importance of Pro Bono Work in the Legal System
As part of Pro Bono Week, Arkansas Business talked with Joshua Silverstein, a law professor at the Bowen School of Law, about the importance of pro bono work in the legal system. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Access to Justice Commission Pushes to Unbundle Legal Services
The Arkansas Access to Justice Commission hopes changing the rules on attorneys taking a small part of a client’s case, instead of the whole thing, will give Arkansans wider access to legal counsel. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Justice Network Sues After Craighead County Cancels Contract
The very minute that Craighead County District Judges David Boling and Tommy Fowler were elected in 2016, The Justice Network Inc. had cause to worry. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Lawsuit Hits Nerve for Former Friends Fighting Over Medical Fees Earned
A legal case between Dr. Eren Erdem and Dr. Scott Schlesinger serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of having a contract in place and how quickly a friendship can sour when money is involved. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Steve Clary Bankruptcy Case Remains Open
Although Clary’s bankruptcy filing doesn’t indicate all the creditors that have been paid or what the current debt level is, that doesn’t mean that Clary hasn’t reduced the debt, according to Joshua Silverstein, a professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Bowen School of Law. read more >
by Mark Friedman -