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UA Law School to Get Technology Upgrade

The University of Arkansas’ law school will undergo technological improvements, including the addition of a state-of-the-art courtroom.

Lawyers Deem Digital Discovery Fuzzy Field

Northwest Arkansas lawyers grapple with electronic discovery and how it affects businesses.

National Ag Law Center Helps Decipher Code

The National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas? law school launched the world?s only student-produced food-law journal in July, containing essays, articles on food labeling in the U.S. and abroad, and food liability.

Restaurant Chains Take Top 10

Olive Garden remained Northwest Arkansas? No. 1 restaurant with $4.1 million in sales for 2005. It was followed by Red Lobster with $3.5 million and Golden Corral with $3.4 million.

RMG Launches MarketPlace Catering

Restaurant Management Group of Springdale started a new catering division this past fall. The company said MarketPlace Catering will be able to cater events for 50 to more than 500 people.

Starbucks Will Brew in Fayetteville

Starbucks Coffee Co. of Seattle plans to open a 1,700-SF coffee shop this summer in Fayetteville?s Nelson?s Crossing.

Plan for Business Access During Road Construction

Planners must allow for access to major arterials and businesses during road construction.

Montana Tractor Hosts Dealer Conference

Montana Tractors of Springdale hosted more than 400 people at its dealer show held Jan. 5 through Jan. 7 at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale.

MSA?s Residential Market 11 Percent Overvalued

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan statistical area tied with seven other MSAs as the nation?s 144th most overvalued residential housing market, according to a CNN Money report on Jan. 3.

New Re/Max Office Opens in Springdale

Four agents and one principal broker have left Fayetteville?s Re/Max Associates to form a new firm, Re/Max Partners Real Estate Inc. in Springdale.rnThe franchise officially opened Jan. 4.

Friday Firm to Open Second Northwest Office

Little Rock-based law firm Friday Eldredge & Clark has operated a Fayetteville office since 2000. In 2006, the firm will open another office in Rogers to better accommodate its Benton County clientele.

Law Firm Employment Jumps by 25 Percent

There were 21 firms employing a total of 164 lawyers on the Business Journal?s annual list of largest law firms. A total of 25 percent more lawyers were employed by those firms compared to the previous year.)

2006 Standard Mileage Rate Set at 44.5 Cents

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the standard mileage rate for 2006 will be 44.5 cents a mile. The rate became effective Jan. 1.

Two Bassett Firm Lawyers Die Jan. 10

The Bassett Law Firm in Fayetteville lost two of its lawyers on Jan. 10.rnFounder and managing partner, Woodson W. ?Bill? Bassett, 79, died of prostate cancer during the day, and David Wall, 38, a partner, was found dead in his home at about 9 p.m.

Flintco Finds Legacy Units (Real Deals)

Flintco Inc. of Tontitown recently bought a building permit valued at $10.1 million to build a 114,750 SF building on Watson Street in Fayetteville.

Estate Planning Council Provides Continuing Ed

Lawyer Jack Butt, a partner with Davis Wright Clark Butt & Carithers in Fayetteville, had envisioned an area estate planning council for years, but things never really gelled until last summer.

Democrat-Gazette to Launch Hispanic Paper

With Northwest Arkansas? Hispanic population hitting 50,000, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette will launch a Spanish-language newspaper there this spring.

KFSM Leads DMA in November Nielsens

KFSM, Channel 5, led the 11-county dominant market area during all three weekday evening newscasts in the November household ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Becomes Herald-Leader Editor

Lucas Roebuck left the Siloam Springs Herald-Leader in December, and Hannah Nielsen took over as managing editor of the newspaper, which is owned by Wehco Media Group of Little Rock.

Live Light Media Produces Documentary

Barry Cobbs, president of Live Light Media Inc. of Rogers, said the company is in the process of editing almost 100 hours of raw footage from an ABC ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? project in Purdy, Mo., last summer.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

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