News

As COVID-19 cases surge in Arkansas, the CDC has updated its guidance on isolation and quarantine for the second time in two weeks. In that guidance, anyone who has been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 should quarantine unless they have been fully vaccinated, including all boosters, or had a confirmed positive COVID-19 test within the last 90 days. Individuals who are fully vaccinated should wear a mask when around others and monitor their symptoms for 10 days from the date of the last close contact with the infected person. These individuals should also get tested at least five days after the last close contact. Individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 during the previous 90 days and come in close contact with someone with COVID-19 need only wear a mask when around others for 10 days. A close contact is defined as being less than six feet away from an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce Attorney Katherine C. Campbell has been elected as partner within the firm. Katherine, who works in the Litigation Practice Group in Rogers, joined the firm in 2019.

Late Friday (December 17), a split, three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay imposed on the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Emergency appeals challenging the Sixth Circuit’s decision were filed with the Supreme Court after hours on Friday. In the meantime, however, OSHA quickly announced new compliance dates for the ETS requirements: February 9 for the testing requirement, and January 10 for all other requirements.

Katherine C. Campbell has been appointed to the Continuing Legal Education Board of the Administrative Office of the Courts which is agency within the judicial branch of government that works to support the state courts on behalf of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Katherine will serve a three-year term.

The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services announced today that it is non-charging employers’ unemployment accounts for benefits paid to unemployment claimants during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2020. It is taking this action pursuant to its authority granted by Executive Order of Governor Hutchinson and Act 153 of 2021. These non-charges will lessen the effects of the pandemic on Arkansas employers’ unemployment obligations, and employers’ rates will not increase because of any unemployment benefits paid during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2020.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce Mid-South Super Lawyers named 49 attorneys to their annual listing of top lawyers in Arkansas including 10 named as “Top 50: 2021 Arkansas Super Lawyers” and 11 ranked as “Rising Stars.”

Jordan Broyles Hallenbeck has been selected to serve in the 2nd Class of the Public Service Academy. This program is a joint effort between the Arkansas Bar Association and the Clinton School of Public Service.