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Lindsey Emerson Raines has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Debtor-Creditor Section of the Arkansas Bar Association. The Executive Committee strives to promote the goals of the Association within the field of debtor/creditor law in Arkansas, including organizing and providing continuing legal education opportunities focused in these areas of law. Lindsey is an associate in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Her practice focuses on business litigation, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy.

As you know from following our alerts and blog (read previous article here) a federal district court recently ruled that portions of the April 2020 regulations from the Department of Labor (DOL) implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) were overly broad and invalid. This ruling left a vacuum with no clear guidance on the state of the law. On Friday, September 11, 2020, the DOL issued new guidance addressing the federal court’s criticisms of the previous rules. The DOL left some rules in place with clarification and additional explanation, and it modified some of the rules, in particular the definition of “healthcare provider.”

Jamie Huffman Jones's article in the latest edition of Arkansas Lawyer educates the bar on possible amendments to FRE 702 related to the admission of expert testimony.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark is proud to announce the hiring of Isabel Thoma and Julio R. Olaya Jr. Isabel joins the firm’s Rogers office where she will practice in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Her practice will include all aspects of business mergers and acquisitions, including structuring, due diligence, negotiation and documentation. Julio joins the firm’s Little Rock office where he will work primarily on issues related to medical malpractice and will assist clients with labor and employment issues.

Attorney E. Conner McNair has been named President of the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation. Conner, a Fayetteville native and alumnus of the Fayetteville public schools, has served on the Foundation’s Board of Directors since 2017 where he has been a part of the public information/promotion, scholarship, financial oversight and grant committees.

The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) has appointed Attorney Jamie Huffman Jones as Chair of its Amicus and Public Policy Committee.

Earlier this month, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down the Department of Labor’s (DOL) definition of “health care provider” as promulgated in the regulations implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). See State of New York v. United States Department of Labor. In this case, the State of New York sued the DOL claiming that several provisions of the regulations implementing the FFCRA violated the Administrative Procedures Act.