Employee Benefit News

Jeremiah D. Wood spoke today (Dec. 5, 2017) at the Texarkana Chapter of CPAs CPE Blitz event. The day-long program featured speakers who provided education and training in the areas of tax law, risk management, investing, auditing and other related topics.

Arkansas Business and Little Rock Soirée have named Attorneys Alexandra A. Ifrah and Robert T. Smith to its annual "Best Lawyers in Little Rock" list.

As of November 22, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun notifying employers that they may be liable for an employer shared responsibility penalty under the Affordable Care Act requirements. The initial notification relates to the 2015 tax year and is based on the information that the employer provided to the IRS on the Forms 1094 and 1095.

This month's (August) issue of HR Professionals Magazine profiled ERISA and Employee Benefits Attorneys Joesph B. Hurst, A. Wyck Nisbet, David M. Graf, Alexandra A. Ifrah, Brian C. Smith, Joshua M. Osborne and Jeremiah D. Wood of Friday, Eldredge & Clark.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce that in today’s release of the 2017 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business edition, the firm is ranked highly in all four categories and 24 of our attorneys are recognized as “Leaders in Their Field” in eight practice areas. The four categories are Corporate/Commercial, Labor and Employment, Litigation: General Commercial and Real Estate.

The National Business Institute hosted the two-day seminar "Human Resource Law From A to Z" that began on Tuesday, May 22nd with speakers David M. Graf, Daniel L. Herrington and Khayyam M. Eddings from Friday, Eldredge & Clark.

An employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) is a powerful and effective tool that can be used by a closely held bank to address many different issues within the bank. An ESOP when used in the right circumstances can provide the following advantages: Shareholder succession, employee benefits and tax benefits to the bank.

The IRS revised its Employee Plans determination letter program for individually designed qualified plans earlier this year. With this revision, the IRS is no longer providing determination letters for the mandatory periodic amendments that will continue to be required by the IRS for changes in the law which is causing concern with some employers.

Mid-South Super Lawyers named 34 Friday, Eldredge & Clark’s attorneys to their annual listing of top lawyers.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP has been ranked in the 2017 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list regionally in 41 practice areas, which is the most of any other law firm in the state.

Best Lawyers has named eleven attorneys at Friday, Eldredge & Clark as Lawyers of the Year.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce that 52 lawyers have been named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2017, the oldest and one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners, Legal Publishers, recently released its Chambers USA 2016 edition, an annual listing of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP is ranked in four practice groups in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA: A Guide To Americas Leading Lawyers for Business. In addition, 23 of the firms attorneys received individual rankings in the publication.