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Little Rock Tech Firm Loses Trade Secrets Trial

After seven years, a trade secrets lawsuit against a Little Rock tech firm has another firm feeling vindicated. read more >
Government & Politics / Legal / Technology

Little Rock Firm Hit With $14M Jury Verdict in Trade Secrets Case

The verdict against Protech Solutions Inc. capped a seven-year fight over a lucrative Nevada child support software contract. read more >
Industry / Legal

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 >
A screenshot of the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services' Pandemic Unemployment Assistance website at pua.arkansas.gov.
Government & Politics / Insurance / Legal

State Confirms Insurance Claim in Web ‘Breach’Lock Icon

Arkansas officials confirmed last week that the state filed an insurance claim in a May 15 website security lapse that exposed sensitive data on 30,000 Arkansans seeking pandemic unemployment benefits. read more >
A screenshot of the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services' Pandemic Unemployment Assistance website at pua.arkansas.gov.
Government & Politics / Health Care / Legal

Hutchinson, a Flawed Site and Defining Exploitation

Gov. Hutchinson puzzled techies and Luddites alike by making a federal case out of what seemed to be a good Samaritan’s report that the Arkansas Pandemic Unemployment Assistance website was inadvertently revealing applicants’ Social Security and banking numbers. read more >
Charisse Childers

DWS to Lawmakers: Aging System, Quick Work Contributed to PUA Problems

An aging unemployment system and a desire to get money to unemployed people quickly contributed to problems with the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance rollout in Arkansas, DWS leaders say. read more >
Small Business

State’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Site Back Up

Arkansas’ Pandemic Unemployment Assistance website was back up and running on Wednesday. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson gives his 2020 State of the State address in the Arkansas Senate.
Legal

Hutchinson Decries ‘Partisan Attack’ Over Website, Says FBI Investigating

Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the FBI is investigating the data security issue that caused officials to take down the state’s pandemic unemployment website over the weekend. read more >
Pat Brown has a new title and a growing job now that women-owned businesses have been added to her portfolio at the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

AEDC’s Program for Minority Firms Extends Its Mission

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s online directory of minority-owned firms now lists some 275 certified companies, and Pat Brown’s team is busy certifying women-owned businesses. read more >