Tagged: Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus P.c.

Furlough or Layoff? (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)

Furlough or Layoff? (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)

OpinionHealth CareLegalEditor's Note

I had always considered a layoff to be a temporary response to a decrease in demand for a particular company’s goods or services — exactly what an area company in question called a furlough. read more >

ABPG Owner Now Owns ABPG Name

ABPG Owner Now Owns ABPG Name

WhispersLegal

It’s a minor development in the scheme of things, but Arkansas Business’ parent company now owns the rights to the name Arkansas Business Publishing Group. read more >

AETN Standoff Drags On

AETN Standoff Drags On

WhispersLegal

Three months after setting a deadline, there has been no resolution announced in a stalemate that followed the firing of chief fundraiser Mona Dixon, the AETN Foundation COO who had been a fixture in Arkansas educational TV for three decades. read more >

AETN Foundation Lawyers Up

AETN Foundation Lawyers Up

WhispersLegal

Lawyers are talking and meetings are set in the power struggle between the Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network and its nonprofit fundraising arm, the AETN Foundation. read more >

Where Medical Marijuana Collides With Worker Safety

Where Medical Marijuana Collides With Worker Safety

Health CareLegalTransportationCover Story

Two conflicting trends are hitting the United States: a continuing shortage of qualified or willing candidates for truck driving jobs, and the increasing state-level legalization of medical or recreational marijuana. read more >

Donna Smith Galchus of CGWG Dies

Donna Smith Galchus of CGWG Dies

Legal

Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus P.C. of Little Rock announces the death of founding member Donna Smith Galchus. The firm said she died Dec. 4 following a brief illness. read more >

Affordable Care Act Amplifies Risk of Misclassifying Employees

Affordable Care Act Amplifies Risk of Misclassifying Employees

Health CareLegalCover Story

Health care reform is increasing the importance of the correct classification of employees, employment lawyers and others say. That’s because the “employer mandate” of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees (or their equivalent) to offer those workers health insurance. read more >