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LITTLE ROCK, AR (April 17, 2025) – Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce that William "Will" Mell Griffin III has been named the 2025 Outstanding Lawyer of the Year by the Arkansas Bar Foundation and Arkansas Bar Association. He was honored with the award on Friday, April 11, at the 2025 Annual Arkansas Bar Foundation Fellows' Dinner.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is now accepting applications for its 2025 Friday Forward Fellowship, a program created to support aspiring law students from Arkansas by helping them overcome barriers to entering the legal profession. Built on the firm’s commitment to fairness and access, the Friday Forward Fellowship offers...

On March 31, 2025, a Federal Court stayed the Trump Administration's decision to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Venezuelans. To comply with the Court's order, USCIS has automatically extended the validity all TPS Employment Authorization Documents for those that have an expiration date of Sept. 10, 2025; April 2, 2025; March 10, 2024; or Sept. 9, 2022. 

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce Justin McGuire as the firm’s new Chief Information Officer (CIO). McGuire stepped into this role following the retirement of Greg McKee, who served as CIO for 21 years and played a key role in shaping the firm’s technology strategy.

On Friday March 7, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) opened H-1B visa lottery registrations for the 2026 fiscal year.  Registration closes on March 24, 2025, and the visa selection will take place on or about April 1, 2025.

On Monday, March 2^nd, the Treasury Department announced it would no longer enforce any penalties or fines associated with beneficial ownership reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The Treasury Department will be issuing further rules which will narrow the CTA reporting requirements to foreign reporting companies only, removing any requirements for domestic companies altogether.

On Thursday, January 23rd, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the nationwide injunction banning enforcement of the BOI filing requirements in the case Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland. Many reports jumped to the conclusion that....