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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.

On August 24, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a new interim final rule regarding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This new interim final rule provides additional guidance on the applicability of owner compensation rules and the eligibility of certain nonpayroll costs for forgiveness.

Friday Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce a total of 72 of the firm lawyers have been included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The list includes 16 “Lawyers of the Year” and nine attorneys recognized as “Ones to Watch.”

On Wednesday, Governor Hutchinson announced that Arkansas will submit an application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), paving the way for Arkansans to receive an extra $300 per week in unemployment benefits through the end of the year. The state legislature approved the application on August 18, but it still needs to go through the legislative council for final approval. And FEMA must approve the application before any supplemental benefit payments can be made.