Simmons Calls Encore Into Court Over Non-competes
Simmons Bank hauled Encore Bank into court last week over accusations that include improperly luring executives and customers away from the Pine Bluff bank. read more >
Simmons Bank hauled Encore Bank into court last week over accusations that include improperly luring executives and customers away from the Pine Bluff bank. read more >
A former in-house attorney for Walmart Inc. said he knew in February 2017 that his career at the Bentonville retailer was coming to an end when he refused to make changes to a memo he had written years earlier about a bribery investigation in Mexico. read more >
Bentonville investment adviser Adam Kuettel has been in a destructive spiral since March 30, both professionally and personally. read more >
Troubled Quapaw House Inc. of Hot Springs recently received more bad news. read more >
That bold signage on the yellow walls of Little Rock’s most popular medical marijuana store is likely to be changing soon: The name of Harvest House of Cannabis on Rodney Parham Road has been judged too similar to the name of Conway’s dispensary. read more >
Stephen M. Dacus of Fayetteville and Kelsey E. Fohner of Rogers have been elected as new partners of Kutak Rock LLP. read more >
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund could represent the best chance over the next decade to narrow the digital divide for many rural communities. While much work remains to finalize the fund, the FCC’s proposal outlines a framework that will likely define federal broadband policy for rural America over the next decade. read more >
A Pope County judge last week denied Wells Fargo Bank’s request to have a $22.4 million judgment against it thrown out. read more >
Kimbel Mechanical Systems Inc. of Fayetteville is suing an Ohio manufacturer, alleging that a leak detection product it makes actually has the opposite effect. read more >
Financial giant Wells Fargo is the latest company snared in a multimillion-dollar legal strategy honed in Arkansas: filing class-action suits over unwanted faxes. read more >
The McLain Group of Fayetteville filed three lawsuits in recent weeks against a construction company it hired to build a Speedy Splash car wash facility in Lowell and another Speedy Splash in Tulsa. read more >
The Chapter 7 bankruptcy of former high-flying northwest Arkansas developer Bill Schwyhart has become an attorney’s delight. read more >
A residential homebuilder in Fayetteville is suing a Fort Smith developer for breach of a $2 million-plus contract to purchase 60 lots in a new Farmington subdivision. read more >
If we changed our law to eliminate the temptation to employ a legal fiction that has failed in court after court, perhaps cases such as the current one against Progressive Eldercare Services could be streamlined. read more >
A company behind about two dozen nursing homes in Arkansas is facing increasing scrutiny over the nonprofit status of its facilities, which plaintiffs have dismissed as a ploy to avoid liability in cases alleging improper care. read more >
OK Foods Inc. of Fort Smith has sued its dry ice supplier for allegedly ruining more than 300,000 pounds of its poultry product. read more >
Dr. Jasmine Brathwaite has joined the Baptist Health affiliate North Little Rock Family Practice. read more >
Two small private colleges in Little Rock started 2019 with a welcome dose of financial relief courtesy of Uncle Sam. read more >
Paschal Heating & Air Conditioning Co. Inc. of Springdale is scheduled to argue in Washington County Circuit Court on Monday for a permanent injunction against a new company Paschal accuses of stealing its private information. read more >
Andrew King, partner at Kutak Rock, discusses trends in class-action litigation and the fun of competing on "Jeopardy!" read more >
