by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Mitchell Williams Selig Gates Woodyard PLLC has leased 4,300 SF of posh fifth-floor space overlooking Pinnacle Point Drive in Rogers to house five lawyers, three paralegals, four support personnel and a part-time messenger.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Jim Blair found many passions in life including God.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
For the past quarter century, Jim Blair, the former general counsel for Tyson Foods Inc., has been one of Arkansas? most powerful and flamboyant lawyers.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Springdale?s Lisle Law Firm P.A., the statewide provider for Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., of Ada, Okla., recently announced that its Arkansas customer base has more than doubled from about 6,500 in 1997 to more than 14,000 in June
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Land continues to be a hot-button legal issue in the minds of many local lawyers.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
The state?s bar exam has come under scrutiny for its pass rates and allegations of unfair grading practices.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Industry goes to out-of-state banks for financing.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Dale Evans’ drive to keep government from collecting illegal taxes has helped his firm.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
When he learned that the firm?s Little Rock office had filed a class-action suit against computer-maker Hewlett Packard over the functionality of a Microsoft Windows operating system, Andy McCumber started to chuckle.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Three of the four known class-action lawsuits filed in Arkansas by the Wilkes & McHugh law firm challenge billing and marketing for long-distance phone service by wireless phone companies.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Foods, Inc. has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Missouri to resolve issues relating to past dischargee of wastewater at operations in Sedalia, Mo.
by - May 26, 2003 12:00 am
United States District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren on May 9 approved the dismissal of a suit in which an entity called Genesis Trust claimed in May 2002 that it had been damaged to the tune of $1.678 million by Golf Entertainment Inc.
by - May 12, 2003 12:00 am
May 5 marked the first anniversary of a curious legal settlement between Golf Entertainment Inc. of Springdale (a.k.a. Sienna Broadcasting Corp.) and an entity called Genesis Trust.
by - May 12, 2003 12:00 am
MasterCard International Inc. broke with Visa USA Inc. and agreed to pay the nation’s biggest retailers about $1 billion to settle a lawsuit against the two credit-card behemoths over the fees they charge, The Wall Street Journal reported.
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
An increase in Arkansas? taxable wage base went into effect Jan. 1.
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
Washington County Circuit Judge Michael Mashburn on April 22 denied a request for a temporary restraining order preventing Arkansas Business Publishing Group from making changes on its Web site.
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
Golf Entertainment Inc. underwent a stock symbol change on April 23. That day an ?E? was added to the end of its regular symbol ?GECC.?
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
In two separate cases, Fayetteville District Court Judge Rudy Moore on April 7 ordered Aaron Bleidt, editor of CitiScapes Metro Monthly magazine in Fayetteville, to pay former employees who say he reneged on his agreement.
by - April 14, 2003 12:00 am
The Civil Justice Reform Act of 2003 changed the state?s joint and several liability, caps punitive damages and prevents venue shopping.
by - April 14, 2003 12:00 am
On March 26, Tyson Foods was acquitted of all charges in a federal immigration trial held in Chattanooga, Tenn. For a company that has had remarkable success in the courtroom, this one may have topped them all.
