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Friday, Eldredge & Clark welcomes our summer II law clerks. Seven ambitious students join our firm for the opportunity to apply their legal education in a real-world setting. Each clerk will work closely with the firm’s partners, associates, and administrative professionals to further our goal of providing clients with proactive, solution-oriented business and litigation counsel. The program will include opportunities to attend court proceedings, hearings, inspections, jury trials, Arkansas Bar Association events, pro bono opportunities, and more. The group will be split between our two office locations:

On July 3, 2024, Judge Ada Brown for the Northern District of Texas issued a limited preliminary injunction in favor of the Plaintiffs, preventing the FTC’s new noncompete rule from taking effect against the Plaintiff’s involved in the case. The injunction will not have nationwide effect and all other employers should continue preparing to comply with the FTC’s new rule starting September 4, 2024.

Today in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a decades old precedent regarding the deference given to interpretations of federal law by federal administrative agencies. Known as the Chevron doctrine, this 1984 case favored agency interpretations and provided these agencies wide latitude in interpreting and implementing federal laws. The effect of Chevron over the decades has resulted in wide ranging rules and regulations in the areas of employment, wage and hour, immigration, and the environment.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Final Rule to implement Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which makes it unlawful for covered health care providers to refuse to treat, or otherwise discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability (See 42 U.S.C. § 18116). The Final Rule is effective July 5, 2024. While there are new requirements to implement, these are ...

Colton Meister is an Associate in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Colton’s practice will focus on representing individuals, companies, and financial institutions in general business, transactional, taxation, and regulatory matters.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark is pleased to announce the arrival of our summer I law clerks. The summer law clerks bring significant academic achievements and will be working out of the following offices:

On April 23, 2024, the US Department of Labor announced the final rule that expands the overtime compensation requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).