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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.

Attorney Byron M. Eiseman, Jr. was featured in Sunday's High Profile section of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. High Profile Editor, Rachel O'Neal, wrote the story that focused on Byron's family, his career as an attorney with the firm and the 50 years he spent teaching tax law at UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce that 14 attorneys have been chosen by the readers of AY Magazine as the best lawyers in the state, some in multiple categories. The results of this year’s readers’ poll were released in the June 2018 issue of the magazine.

Attorney Kimberly D. Young spoke this week at the Trial Attorneys of America’s Annual Meeting. The event was held in Chicago and included Kim as part of a panel discussion that focused on recent decisions relevant to product liability defense work. Kim addressed recent decisions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, with a particular focus on cases involving pharmaceuticals or medical devices.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released on May 4, 2018 proposed rules which, if finalized, will require certain foods produced from genetically modified organisms (GMO) crops or ingredients to be labeled as “bioengineered” beginning January 1, 2020 thus avoiding the controversy over the GMO terminology.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to welcome attorney Robert W. George to the firm where he will serve as senior counsel in the commercial litigation practice area.