Software solutions have become an integral part of every sector, not only for efficiency, but also to gain a competitive edge. Throw in a global pandemic, and that advantage becomes essential. read more >
A recent Wisconsin jury award of $125 million against Walmart Inc. for failing to accommodate a longtime employee with Down syndrome will be lowered to $300,000, the maximum amount allowed under federal law. read more >
Ronnie Sturch and Alan Pillow have been selected as new directors by the city of Jonesboro. read more >
Arkansas stands to get up to $216 million of a $26 billion payout from three major pharmaceutical distributors and a major drug manufacturer accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. read more >
A court feud between the two men licensed as owners of one of the state’s top-selling medical marijuana dispensaries has ended. read more >
A federal judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Arkansas' ban on gender confirming treatments for transgender youth while a lawsuit challenging the prohibition proceeds. read more >
A federal judge blocks an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality. read more >
Megan Crozier, chief merchant for Sam's Club, and University of Arkansas Vice Chancellor for Athletics Hunter Yurachek are among the featured speakers for the fall Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy in Bentonville. read more >
A 61-year-old Crittenden County woman was recently indicted by a grand jury on a charge of embezzling money from Premier Bank of Arkansas. read more >
Cody Easterday, a rancher from southeast Washington, pleaded guilty in March to defrauding Tyson Foods Inc. of $233 million and an unidentified company of $11 million read more >
Bankers and their new employers are advised to consider a few steps to mitigate legal risks. A recent Federal Reserve lifetime ban on two Wyoming bankers is an alarming reminder of the severity of these risks. read more >
Sarah Keith-Bolden of Quattlebaum Grooms & Tull LLC in Little Rock has been appointed as a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. read more >
Conway Convention & Visitors Bureau wants to sign 30 student athletes from the University of Central Arkansas to "name, image and likeness" agreements to promote the city. read more >
A Lonoke County circuit court judge chooses Jeff Phillips to decide whether to prosecute a central Arkansas deputy for the fatal shooting of a teenager. read more >
A graduate of UA Little Rock, Sylvia Blain has led the charge in the fight against hunger as the executive director of Potluck Food Rescue since 2017. read more >
Caleb Hollinger has joined Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP in Little Rock as an associate. read more >
Quapaw House Inc., the troubled Hot Springs drug and alcohol treatment provider that is no longer operating, recently entered into a consent judgment for $1.43 million with Relyance Bank. read more >
For two and a half years, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Alex Guynn demonstrated compassion toward the family of a man who died of a fatal gunshot in a Jefferson County hunting lodge. Ultimately, he lost patience with “theatrics” and dismissed the Bakers’ attempt to use a civil court to reassign the blame for their son’s death. read more >
Van Buren County, long part of a wall of dry counties in north-central Arkansas, has spent the past six months transitioning to a wet county, bringing an increase in sales tax revenue and excitement. read more >
Nearly three years after a gunshot to the head killed his 20-year-old son in a Jefferson County hunting lodge in 2015, Kerry Baker of Conway started the machinery to dig up his boy’s body for the autopsy he had initially declined. read more >
