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Michael McCarty Harrison and Sarah Giammo have been elected to serve on the 2020-2021 Board of Officers of the Arkansas Women Lawyers Association (AWLA).

The IRS has provided additional guidance regarding the coronavirus-related distributions, the modification to plan loans made to individuals impacted by COVID-19, and the 2020 waiver of the required minimum distributions. This article will provide an update to such article as provided in the recently released additional guidance from the IRS in Notices 2020-50 and 2020-51.

Governor Asa Hutchinson issued three Executive Orders on Monday, June 15, 2020, in response to the public health crisis posed by COVID-19. Below is a summary of Executive Order 20-35. The purpose of Executive Order 20-35 is to clarify and provide sufficient recourse under the Workers’ Compensation Law for claims related to COVID-19.

Governor Asa Hutchinson issued three Executive Orders on Monday, June 15, 2020, in response to the public health crisis posed by COVID-19. Below is a summary of Executive Order 20-34. Pursuant to the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973, the Executive Order authorizes all healthcare providers to provide healthcare services directed at the treatment and mitigation of symptoms of COVID-19 in response to the pandemic and during the declared emergency.

Governor Asa Hutchinson issued three Executive Orders on Monday, June 15, 2020, in response to the public health crisis posed by COVID-19. Below is a summary of Executive Order 20-33.

Last week the U.S. Small Business Administration released revisions to the Paycheck Protection Program – First Interim Final Rule in response to the enactment of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (Flexibility Act), H.R. 7010.

On Thursday, June 11, 2020, the Arkansas Bar Association awarded Jamie Huffman Jones a Golden Gavel Award for her work as Co-Chair of the Jurisprudence and the Law Reform Committee. The Committee is responsible, amongst other things, for researching and recommending a legislative package to the Association. This marks her third award from the Bar Association, having been honored with a Golden Gavel in 2019 for her work as Chair of the Mid-Year Meeting and with a Presidential Award of Excellence in 2017 for her work on an Association task force.