Tag: Legal

Wal-Mart Tests Vehicle Registration

The state of Arkansas has teamed up with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to make it a little easier to renew vehicle license plates.

Shemin Leaves Kutak After Four Months

Citing personal reasons, Kenneth R. Shemin resigned from Kutak Rock LLP on July 24.

Arkansas Best Settles With IRS

Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith, a less-than-truckload carrier, said on Aug. 13 that it had settled with the Internal Revenue Service over income tax issues between 1990 and 1994.

Local Penny Stock Violates SEC Rules

Misleading financial statements, suspicious relationships and a questionable lawsuit appear to have helped Golf Entertainment Inc. turn a company shell into a shell game.

Stock Option Accounting Is Tricky (Kerry Lee Watkins Commentary)

The collapse of the likes of Enron and Global Crossing has brought into question numerous accounting issues. One cooking on the front burner is stock-option accounting.

Crackdown Needed, Not New Laws (Editorial)

With corporate scandals now almost a daily occurrence and politicians ranting about the need for the government to do this or that to fix the problems, maybe it?s time to ask: What?s the matter with the existing standards and regulations? Not much really.

Farm Bill to Boost Support to Arkansas Farmers, Economist Says

The new farm bill will increase support payments to Arkansas producers this year by more than $254 million over the 1996 farm bill, according to Eric Wailes, University of Arkansas agricultural economist.

Regional Banks Post Double-Digit 2Q Leaps

BOK Financial Corp., the Tulsa-based parent company of Bank of Arkansas N.A., was one of four regional banks with Northwest Arkansas interests that recently posted double-digit increases for second quarter earnings.

Law Firm Heads Out For Now

Head, Johnson & Kachigian, the patent law firm, is downsizing its Fayetteville office.

Lenders Look for Usury Help for Relief From Usury Limit

Amendment 60 to the Arkansas Constitution was adopted by voters in November 1982, a matter of days after the Federal Reserve?s discount rate dropped below 10 percent for the first time in three years.

Business Journal Honors 40 Under 40

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is pleased to present its sixth annual ?40-Under-40? list of top executives throughout Northwest Arkansas. This annual list recognizes and profiles the region?s up-and-comers under the age of 40.

Cooler Heads Prevailing With City Council

Of all the difficulties Fayetteville Mayor Dan Coody has faced in his first year and a half in office, the constant quarrels within the City Council have caused him perhaps the most angst.

Tyson Suit Dropped by Tennessee Judge

United States District Court Judge R. Allan Edgar of Tennessee?s Eastern District in Winchester on July 16 dismissed a lawsuit by former workers of Tyson Foods Inc.

Area?s Businesses Expand

New businesses are popping up in Fayetteville and surrounding communities.

Daymark Struggles After Sam?s Club Contract Gets Ax

In June 2001, Daymark Group Inc. stopped paying invoices from Erb Transport of Elverson, Pa., the earliest known indication of financial problems for the Russellville trucking company once known for its fleet of refrigerated trailers.

Beware The E-mail Paper Trail (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)

Early on, as e-mail correspondence began to escalate, we heard a fairly common warning.

In essence, it was this: Don?t write in an e-mail message anything that you don?t want to become public knowledge.

Former Defense Lawyers Switch Sides

After years of defending nursing homes, David Couch and M. Darren O?Quinn have formed Couch O?Quinn PLLC, a practice which will focus on nursing home litigation.

Kutak Lawyers Rock, Roll Into Corporate Jobs

Jeffrey J. Gearhart, a partner at Kutak Rock LLP in Little Rock, said being a farm system for the state?s corporate counsel departments is a good thing.

Lawyers Switch Sides in Nursing Home Cases

Robert Glasgow has almost abandoned the product liability defense work that he enjoys and is spending most of his time defending nursing homes sued by the Wilkes & McHugh law firm or one of its imitators.

Young Lawyers Still Have Time for Life After Work

Young lawyers in Northwest Arkansas apparently aren?t putting in the long hours that some big-city law firms require, but that?s one reason they decided to stay in the area.

MISO President Clair Moeller retires, CEO John Bear to assume role

Arkansas’ June jobless rate at 3.3%, above 3% in June 2023

SBA Administrator, Rep. Womack talk to business owners impacted by May 26 storms

ASBTDC to host guidance sessions for business owners and entrepreneurs