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Bank OZK’s Landfill Legal Battle Raises Questions About Taxpayer BailoutsLock Icon

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 >
Kristian Nelson
Business Services / Legal / Restaurants & Food

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 >
Former Arkansas coach Bret Bielema did not have a fond parting with Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville; he was fired after several lackluster seasons. But he had a multimillion-dollar buyout clause, and that bonanza is at the center of a bitter legal battle.
Education / Legal / Media & Marketing

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 >
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Investments

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 >
M.S. Wholesale Plumbing Inc. in Russellville, the lead plaintiff in lawsuits involving unwanted faxes.
Banking & Finance / Legal / Manufacturing

Arkansas Fax Avengers Target Wells Fargo for $22MLock Icon

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 >
Rivendell Behavioral Health Services in Benton intentionally destroyed key evidence in a lawsuit, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce found.
Education / Government & Politics / Health Care

Judge Rules Rivendell Destroyed Evidence in Overdose CaseLock Icon

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 >
The former Mayflower RV location at 87 Interstate Dr. in Mayflower
Construction / Health Care / Insurance

Mayflower RV Case Awards Defy Precedent, Appeal SaysLock Icon

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 >
Joshua Silverstein

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 >
Amy Johnson, executive director of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission
Education / Government & Politics / Legal

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 >
Craighead County District Judges David Boling and Tommy Fowler.
Government & Politics / Legal

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 >
Drs. Eren Erdem and Scott Schlesinger became friends in 2001. But their close friendship soured after Erdem accused Schlesinger of shortchanging him of physician fees for treating patients at Schlesinger’s Legacy Neurosurgery Center in Little Rock. In court filings, Schlesinger has denied any  wrongdoing. | (Photos by Mark Friedman)
Education / Government & Politics / Health Care

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 >
Steve Clary
Banking & Finance / Legal / Real Estate

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 >