NWA Business Women Recognize LaPerre, Lowry (Movers & Shakers)
Jennifer LaPerre has been recognized by the Northwest Arkansas Business Women’s Conference as Woman of the Year, and Meredith Lowry was selected as Young Woman of the Year. read more >
Jennifer LaPerre has been recognized by the Northwest Arkansas Business Women’s Conference as Woman of the Year, and Meredith Lowry was selected as Young Woman of the Year. read more >
An Indiana diagnostic company has a long memory and had asked in Washington County Circuit Court for an injunction to be enforced against a former employee who now lives in Fayetteville. read more >
Edward M. Cooper Jr., who is accused of embezzling more than $4.5 million from a client, has taken the Fifth in a civil court case filed by his former customer. read more >
While a single wind project won’t seal the fate of America’s energy markets, resistance to Southwestern Electric Power Co.’s Wind Catcher project comes in conjunction with support for coal and nuclear power at the highest levels of American government. read more >
A Pulaski County woman alleges in a lawsuit recently filed in U.S. District Court in Little Rock that after being hired at Lindsey Software Systems Inc., she was the target of “illegal discrimination and harassment” because of her sex. read more >
A Logan County wood company is being sued for allegedly defaulting on a $1.4 million loan dating to October 2015. read more >
The FBI and Arkansas’ attorney general are investigating the defunct South Arkansas Youth Services Inc. of Magnolia, according to the nonprofit’s recent bankruptcy filing. read more >
The chief of City Connections tells how leading the nonprofit fits in with her legal work at Wright Lindsey & Jennings. read more >
Nathan R. Finch, Daveante Jones, Jessica Pruitt Koehler and Sidney L. Leasure have joined the Little Rock office of Wright Lindsey Jennings as associate attorneys. read more >
Sarah Riffle has been promoted to chief development officer at Arkansas Foodbank in Little Rock, where she was previously the annual giving director. read more >
Our roads are in need of repair and expansion, but the money necessary to meet these needs isn’t there. Decisions made in the coming months by elected officials, and possibly the voters, will shape the future of our transportation infrastructure for years to come. read more >
Arkansas labor and employment attorneys are keeping an eye on challenges to the U.S. Department of Labor’s overtime rules as well as a bill that would amend the Minimum Wage Act in Arkansas. read more >
Kirby McDonald and Seth Hyder have been hired as associate attorneys at Rainwater Holt & Sexton in Little Rock. read more >
The centerpiece of the Department of Labor’s new overtime regulations raises the threshold of what salaried workers must be paid in order to qualify as an exempt employee. read more >
The Conway firm that provided environmental services to the oil and gas industries filed for bankruptcy liquidation last month, but it didn’t list many financial details. The amended filing reports M&M has $3.2 million in assets. read more >
A legal resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled in December that a woman who was fired for posting “arguably” critical comments about her employer on Facebook could receive unemployment benefits. It’s the latest decision in an escalating legal war between employment and social media. read more >
Two legal documents addressing these practical needs in a retirement plan are a power of attorney and a health care power of attorney. Although often overlooked by those planning for retirement, these documents can be vital in carrying out fundamental tasks in your retirement. read more >
After a two-year federal court fight that involved a trip to bankruptcy court, a Virginia rehabilitation center earlier this month was finally paid $2.1 million for providing five years of care to an Arkansan injured when a surgeon operated on the wrong side of his brain in 2004. read more >
James M. Moody Sr., who retired earlier this year as a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, has rejoined his previous law firm, Wright Lindsey & Jennings LLP of Little Rock, in an of counsel role. He will lead private mediations and arbitrations and will consult on litigation strategies with attorneys both inside and outside the firm. read more >
