Former Arvest Asset Management Exec Fined for Dealings with Smiley
Although not complicit with former Arvest-Benton County president and CEO Dennis Smiley, Joseph Edward Bryan “Jeb” Mills signed documents without reviewing them.
View ArticleDo E-Cigarettes Fit Into Workplace Tobacco Policy? (OPINION)
If a healthy workplace is important to your corporate culture, looking at ways to restrict tobacco use and including electronic vaporized nicotine in your policies are some good places to communicate...
View ArticleSucceeding With Succession (OPINION)
The family-owned business tends to face a unique set of challenges when the generation in charge is ready to step down.
View ArticleDispute Over Additional Work Triggers Legal Claim
Trulove Dirtworks LLC says it was never paid by the contractor for work it did to prepare for the Walmart Neighborhood Market at Don Tyson Parkway and Interstate 49.
View ArticleU.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge Stepping Down
Conner Eldridge, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced his resignation on Tuesday, according to a press release from the Justice Department.
View ArticleSpringdale Businessman Arrested, Accused of Transporting Marijuana
Monte Johnston, owner of the Automatic Auto Finance dealership franchise in Northwest Arkansas, was arrested Aug. 5 after returning from Colorado in possession of what police are calling “high-grade...
View ArticleMercuryGate CEO Questions Timing of J.B. Hunt Lawsuit
J.B. Hunt is suing the North Carolina-based vendor for $3.08 million for “useless” software.
View ArticleFayetteville Doctor Josh Roller Files Lawsuit in Alleged Embezzlement
Dr. Josh Roller, owner of Roller Weight Loss and Advanced Surgery at 1280 E. Stearns St., filed the lawsuit in Benton County Circuit Court against Elizabeth Millard of Bentonville, an employee of the...
View ArticleUA Law Professor Named Chief Justice of Arkansas Supreme Court
Howard Brill will serve out the remainder of the term of Jim Hannah, who is retiring Aug. 31, citing health issues. His term expires at the end of 2016.
View ArticleToy Wars: Marketing for 3-D Kid Kit Triggers Federal Lawsuit
Bentonville toymaker Andy Wiseman has accused a Canadian competitor of underhanded marketing practices.
View ArticleFormer Nonprofit Exec Must Repay Gas Money
A source says no criminal charges will come out of an Arkansas Legislative Audit report that showed misuse of grant funds by the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District.
View ArticleEx-Employee Files Defamation Suit Against Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.
Andy Hardie, once an investment adviser for the firm, claims its top executive in the Rogers office made untrue statements about him to his clients, the company's pension board and the public.
View ArticleMercuryGate Responds in IT Dispute; Countersues J.B. Hunt For $5 Million
Software provider MercuryGate claims J.B. Hunt's issues with its information technology system are the result of the trucker company failing to effectively train its staff to use the products.
View ArticleH. Dennis Smiley Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
The former president of Arvest Bank–Benton County faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine for duping up to 20 banks by pledging his personal Arvest stock as collateral.
View ArticleFormer Roller Employee Responds To Lawsuit Alleging Embezzlement
A Bentonville woman has denied accusations of embezzling more than $100,000 from a Fayetteville medical clinic where she worked as an office manager, and later chief operating officer.
View ArticleHaas Hall Goes to Court with Former Landlord
A Washington County Circuit Court judge will decide if the school did indeed break its lease, or if Tracy Hoskins of Paradigm Building LLC is trying to bilk a former tenant out of about $500,000.
View ArticleAttorney Calls Hogwash on UA FOIA Denial
The University of Arkansas granted our requests for information on licensees of luxury suites at the football stadium and basketball arena, but denied a request for information from Baum Stadium.
View ArticleFormer Fayetteville Businessman Sentenced For Swindling Bank
Andrew C. Judkins, convicted in March of two counts of bank fraud, was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay a $438,500 fine.
View ArticleTrial Set for Tontitown Property's Annexation into Springdale
First Security Bank of Searcy will be in court Sept. 22 to see if its 38-acre foreclosure on U.S. 412 in Tontitown will be cleared for annexation into Springdale.
View ArticleSeminar to Discuss Patent, Trademark Issues
The Walton College Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center is scheduled to host a professional training seminar led by local patent attorney Meredith Lowry.
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