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Class action lawsuits allow large groups of plaintiff’s to bring their claims together in a single lawsuit. In the realm of employment law, employees may bring class action suits for claims of systemic harassment, discrimination or unequal pay.

Attorney Katelyn M. Eaves has been elected to serve as President of the Benton County Bar Association. Katie, who will begin her role on July 1, 2018, has served as the organization’s Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer in previous years.

Jamie Jones graduated earlier today from the Leadership Greater Little Rock program. Jamie, who served as social chair for her class, is one of the 55 graduates in the class of XXXIII.

A June 15, 2018 notice from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. suggests that the Food and Drug Administration may have won the first round of a debate about who should regulate meat and poultry products grown in laboratories rather than on farms.

On June 23, 2018, the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA) will go back into effect to offer protection for tenants when their rented property goes into foreclosure.

Jamie Jones was elected to the Arkansas Bar Foundation Board of Directors at the annual Foundation Membership meeting on June 13, 2018.

A recent Wall Street Journal article noted that there were more than 7,400 companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges in 1996 around the beginning of the dot-com fueled bull market. That number has been cut in half through the first quarter of 2018.