by - April 9, 2015 9:51 pm
Anxiety about legal anxiety
According to the Stanford News, a law professor at that particular college is working on his doctorate in psychology and is putting his training to use by putting together a…
Tag: Ethan Nobles
by - March 26, 2015 11:59 am
Congrats on addressing ‘re-homing’
One of the big issues in this year’s Legislative session had to do with “re-homing” of adopted children. It seems that plenty of Arkansas lawmakers decided that practice is a…
by - March 9, 2015 4:33 pm
An effort to ensure habitability
One of the things I learned in law school is Arkansas is unique in that it is unusual in that there is no express or implied warranty of habitability. A…
by - February 26, 2015 8:49 pm
DWI checkpoints and ‘the flyer’
Before getting too far into this column, let me make it perfectly clear that I despise driving while intoxicated (DWI) checkpoints. Yes, they do weed out drunk drivers but they…
by - February 19, 2015 3:00 pm
The open carry question
By now, a lot of Arkansans have heard about the “open carry” controversy stirred up by a billboard outside of Conway advising citizens that state law allows them to openly…
by - February 12, 2015 6:31 pm
Be careful what you say around your TV
If you want to keep up with the latest legal issues surrounding the Internet, the Electronic Foundation Frontier is a pretty good site to bookmark and check regularly. One issue…
by - February 5, 2015 6:51 pm
A short note on eviction law
On Jan. 20, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert Wright, Jr. signed an order finding Arkansas’ criminal eviction statute unconstitutional. That’s been reported more than a few times over the past…
by - January 29, 2015 8:23 pm
The speed trap app
A story the Associated Press ran about a popular smartphone app serves as yet another reminder that technological advances often raise legal issues that courts will have to struggle with…
by - January 22, 2015 8:17 pm
Don’t label campaign finance reform debate
News about campaign finance reform came out last week that, once again, painted that issue as one primarily pushed by the left side of the political spectrum. So, what happened?…
by - January 15, 2015 3:53 pm
Avoid the mortgage debt scam
Recently I was reading about people around the nation who take out deeds in lieu of foreclosure and wind up getting called about owing debts on their mortgages years after…
by - January 8, 2015 7:14 pm
Reducing lobbyist influence
Back in November, Arkansas voters passed a ballot initiative that caught some people by surprise because of its provision that effectively lengthens term limits. I’m talking, of course, about Issue…
by - December 29, 2014 3:14 pm
Attorneys general and defending state laws
I am not sure how many people noticed, but there has been something of a trend forming over the past year in which state attorneys general refuse to defend laws…
by - December 18, 2014 6:25 pm
Atheists and cow walking
The New York Times, earlier this month, reported that there is a movement to get rid of bans in Arkansas and seven states that prohibit atheists from running for public…
by - December 11, 2014 10:23 pm
Potential perils of name calling
The Iowa State Bar Association released an opinion cautioning attorneys against calling each other unethical. Arkansas attorneys might want to pay attention to what the Iowa State Bar had to…
by - December 4, 2014 6:22 pm
Shield protection for journalists
Almost as soon as people started reading news on the Internet, a debate sprung up – is an Internet-based journalist a “real” reporter? In Arkansas, at least, that question was…
by - December 1, 2014 3:52 pm
Keeping tabs on attorney numbers
Ever since I was in college in the 1980s, it seems that the popular notion was that there are too many licensed attorneys running loose. The notion, of course, is…
by - November 17, 2014 8:12 pm
Debt collectors and prosecuting attorneys’ letterhead
It took about five years, but the American Bar Association (ABA) released an opinion stating that prosecuting attorneys shouldn’t give their letterhead to bill collectors. According to a formal opinion…
by - December 27, 2012 7:47 pm
The rate game
It seems that mortgage interest rates are difficult to predict. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen both economists and mortgage bankers trying to figure out when rates will…
by - September 18, 2012 3:27 pm
More time for low rates?
After waffling on how long low mortgage rates are expected to stick around, some analysts have called for rates to not rise significantly through next year. Honestly, that’s about as…