Tim Fox

Dr. Wayne L. Bruffett, who left the practice in June 2023, alleged in a lawsuit filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court that OrthoArkansas retaliated against him and created a “hostile environment in which it was impossible for him to continue his employment.” read more >

Pope County Judge Ben Cross is doubling down on his support for a casino planned near Russellville by Cherokee Nation Businesses of Catoosa, Oklahoma. read more >

The Arkansas Supreme Court threw plans for a Cherokee casino in Russellville into disarray on Thursday, upholding a ruling that voided the casino company’s license. read more >

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 >

A judge gave the PerfectVision Manufacturing founder a Friday deadline to comply with court orders in a civil case. read more >

Attorneys disagreed over whether the ruling will allow the state to begin enforcing the law. read more >

The ruling is universally expected to face an appeal. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he was pleased with the decision. read more >

Most Arkansas public school students will be required to wear masks when classes begin next week, following moves by dozens of districts in response to a judge blocking the state's mask mandate ban. read more >

An Arkansas judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a law that prevents schools and other governmental agencies from requiring masks. read more >

A Pulaski County circuit judge took a whiff of a medical marijuana licensing dispute last month and promptly passed it on. read more >

Matt Robinson still had questions before his 2015 purchase of a troubled funeral home in Jacksonville, but he went through with the deal anyway. The decision would be costly. read more >

It looks like Cupid missed his shot between a Little Rock attorney and the business owner with whom he had a personal relationship. read more >

Arkansas Funeral Care LLC recently received a $1.5 million judgment against RPS Ventures Inc., which bought AFC’s assets in 2015 for $1.9 million. read more >

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen temporarily blocks the Arkansas Racing Commission from issuing a license for a casino to operate in Pope County. read more >

A judge's decision to toss out a lawsuit challenging the ban of a controversial herbicide is putting even more of a spotlight on an Arkansas Supreme Court decision that's created confusion about whether the state can ever be sued. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has issued a directive to the state Department of Health to resume issuing birth certificates. read more >

A judge says he plans to order Arkansas to mediate its differences with three same-sex couples over the state's birth certificate law, which the U.S. Supreme Court found to illegally favor heterosexual parents. read more >

Arkansas' highest court tosses a ruling that could have allowed married same-sex couples to get the names of both spouses on their children's birth certificates without court order. read more >

The American public is as woefully ignorant on the difference between criminal and civil law as it is on personal finance. Even those of us who aren’t attorneys need to understand the basics of the legal system just as those of us who aren’t financial professionals need to understand the basics of home economics. read more >