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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.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark is proud to announce Attorney Michael S. Moore has received the 2019 Justice Robert L. Brown Community Support Award from the Arkansas Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (JLAP). The award was presented at the organization’s Annual Advocates Dinner on Friday, October 25 at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock.

Attorney Sarah Cotton Patterson has been invited to serve on the Gift Planning Advisory Counsel at the Arkansas Children's Foundation.

Jamie Huffman Jones has been named to the American Heart Association of Central Arkansas Board of Directors. She replaces Attorney Daniel L. Herrington who served in various roles with the organization over the past 20 years; most recently on the board.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce the hiring of Blake Z. Brizzolara to our Roger’s office. Blake joins the firm’s litigation practice where he will serve primarily as litigation counsel to businesses and individuals involved in business disputes.

By: E. Conner McNair Published in Northwest Arkansas Business Journal With the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in late 2017, most of the talk regarding tax reform has focused on the changes to the federal tax laws under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). However, during the 92nd General Assembly, which concluded on April 24, Arkansas prioritized and passed numerous changes to its own tax laws.