Tony Pirani

Corporate moves, market gains, legal setbacks, and AI challenges — the highs were high, and the lows were low for some Arkansas businesses in 2025. read more >

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A federal judge has ordered Arkansas attorney Tony Pirani to explain why he shouldn’t face penalties for using AI-generated court filings. read more >

Pitfalls abound, but AI exploration is our only choice. read more >

A federal judge sanctioned Fayetteville lawyer Tony Pirani for using AI to file fake legal citations ahead of a multimillion-dollar trial loss. read more >

Tony Pirani said he was “completely shocked” by the jury verdict, which found him liable for participating in a racketeering and fraud scheme. read more >

The case involved allegations of a racketeering scheme where non-lawyer "runners" recruited wrongful death plaintiffs at funerals. read more >

Attorney Jason M. Hatfield of Springdale recently received a $1.5 million award in a case tied to allegations of a scheme in which “runners” who were not lawyers handed out business cards at funerals to recruit plaintiffs for wrongful death suits. read more >

One man in the suit is accused of making false statements and promises to get survivors to sign with the law firms with which he has an arrangement to split the attorneys’ fees. read more >