Little Rock attorney Josh Sanford and his law firm can continue to practice law in federal court pending their appeal of a suspension by U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson, who accused them of charging excessive and unearned fees. read more >
An Arkansas developer hopes to reach a settlement this week with the city of Little Rock over allegations that it tried to block him from completing a $25 million low-income housing project in west Little Rock. read more >
Community Health Centers of Arkansas fears its members’ budgets would lose a total of $1 million annually if a drug industry’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law succeeds. read more >
It's the latest skirmish in a long-running dispute between the judge and Sanford Law Firm. read more >
A Little Rock law firm appeals, again, a judge’s order cutting attorney fees. read more >
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by a Little Rock dental network that sued its insurance carrier for denying coverage for business losses suffered as a result of COVID-19, ruling the policy didn’t cover such losses. read more >
The Sanford Law Firm PLLC of Little Rock has appealed an award of $1 in attorneys’ fees from U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson, who wrote a blistering order about the firm’s billing practices in June. read more >
A Colorado businessman was hit last week with a $1.9 million judgment after defaulting on a loan that he said was tied to a business deal with Walter Quinn of Little Rock. read more >
A Woodruff County farmer was hit with a $525,000 default judgment for not repaying a debt for agricultural supplies. read more >
Melton’s facing allegations that he used almost $110,000 of ThermoEnergy’s money to pay a personal judgment against him and then doctored the company’s financial statements to make it appear that the payments were legitimate business expenses. read more >
Not only did U.S. District Court Judge Billy Roy Wilson recently rule in favor of a group of workers who were sued for quitting their jobs to join a competitor, but he awarded the lawyers who represented them attorneys’ fees and costs in the case. read more >
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen has imposed sanctions on federal prosecutors in the criminal case against former USA Drug executive Garret Sorensen and ordered the government to pay $12,700 to the attorneys who represented Sorensen and his wife and sister-in-law, who were originally charged with him. read more >
Fred Neal Jr. was sentenced last week to a year and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to interfering with the Internal Revenue Service laws and filing false liens against the government. read more >
Fred Neal Jr. thought he found a loophole in the law so that he and his wife wouldn’t have to pay their $1.3 million tax bill. In June, he pleaded guilty in federal court to interfering with Internal Revenue Service laws and filing false claims. read more >
