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In this year’s edition of The Arkansas 250, published by Arkansas Business, Attorneys Michelle Ator, Marvin Childers, Kevin A. Crass, Khayyam M. Eddings and Price C. Gardner are recognized as leaders in the state.

By Lynda M. Johnson, Timothy C. Ezell and Amie K. Alexander Published in Arkansas Medical News (November/December) On October 9, 2019, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued two highly anticipated proposed rules to reform the Physician Self-Referral Law (the “Stark Law”) and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) regulations.

Med Mal 101: Back to Basics is 12-part series produced by Friday, Eldredge & Clark. Written by the attorneys in the Medical Malpractice Group, the content is designed to give physicians and other healthcare providers information they need to know about malpractice litigation.

Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP has been ranked in the 2019 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list and regionally in 44 practice areas.

Little Rock Sorieé has announced their 2019 Best Lawyers list that includes Attorneys Robert T. Smith Jay T. Taylor.

On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce held its 154th Annual Meeting. Friday, Eldredge and Clark Partner Kevin A. Crass, who served as Chairman of the Chamber Board of Directors in 2019, presided over the Annual Meeting which celebrated the past year’s accomplishments and announced the coming year’s priorities.

In 1968, Congress enacted 28 U.S.C. 1407, known as the Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Act. The MDL Act created the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which is tasked with transferring pending civil actions that share a common question of fact from multiple jurisdictions to a single court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. While the goal is to promote judicial efficiency, there are a number of challenges to achieving that goal.