Firm Attorneys Voted Best Lawyers in Little Rock Soiree asked its readers to vote on who they considered to be the best lawyers in Little Rock and Barber attorneys got a healthy share of the votes. Here’s a list of the firm’s attorneys who can now officially call themselves... Read more
The Arkansas Several Liability “catch 22”: The Civil Justice Reform Act Post Johnson By Scott M. Strauss 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
Motivation Is Irrelevant Don’t Throw Away Potential Evidence 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. If a person... Read more
I Have To Pay My Employees For Doing What? By S. Brent Wakefield 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... Read more
An Agent's Guide What Is “Full Coverage”? 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. Further, that base policy form is almost... Read more