NEWS & ARTICLES
| Whether it is a claim for defective workmanship or personal injury, contractors are routine participants in the litigation arena. Read more > > > |
| Before or during a lawsuit parties cannot destroy, hide, or alter evidence that is relevant to a lawsuit. Doing so is known as spoliation of evidence, which Arkansas courts have defined as the intentional destruction of evidence. Read more > > > |
In recent years, there has been much confusion over what is and what is not covered by most commercial general liability policies. Barber Law Firm attorney Cindy Kolb says the situation is as "Clear As Mud" in this Arkansas Business commentary article. Read more > > > |
| Your employees may be entitled to pay for getting dressed and getting texted. That’s right, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), some employees may be entitled to pay for “donning and doffing” their work uniforms, and “working” on a BlackBerry or iPhone. Read more > > > |
As an employer, you know you have to keep employee records. However, there are several not-so-obvious record keeping requirements that you should be aware of to avoid potential problems. Read more > > > |
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BY SCOTT M. STRAUSS Insurance policies virtually always contain a very brief insuring clause, frequently no more than two or three sentences, followed by dozens of pages of terms, conditions, exclusions, and definitions. Read more > > > |
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You operate a small business. You've spent three years and your life savings developing a customer base, or capturing a market share, or developing a business process that gives you a competitive edge. Read more > > > |
As waves of baby boom generation family business founders reach retirement age, the choice between selling the business to willing investors or attempting to navigate the challenges that naturally come with "keeping it in the family" has come to the forefront like never before. Read more > > > |
| So, you have just received a letter that a now former client is making a claim against you and intends to file suit. What do you do? Read more > > > |
| The latest constitutional challenge to the Civil Justice Reform Act of 2003, Johnson v. Rockwell Automation, Inc., 2009 Ark 241, 2009 Ark. Lexis 274 (April 30, 2009), produced a conundrum that two years later has yet to be resolved. Read more > > > |
| Seminar to focus on areas of construction law that arelikely to significantly impact construction firms in 2012. Read more > > > |
