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Managing partner J. Shepherd Russell III is part of AY's Power Players inaugural edition. The March 2018 issue takes a look at Arkansas' premier movers and shakers.

Arkansas Life Magazine's annual list of Top Attorneys includes attorneys Sarah Cotton Patterson and Katelyn M. Eaves.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark is pleased to announce that five of the firm’s lawyers have been named "Local Litigation Stars" in Benchmark Litigation’s 2018 edition. The firm is described in the guide as offering "a strong corporate practice that complements general business and commercial litigation capabilities regarded by peers as second to none.

Companies all over the state are creating policies around social media to manage issues in the workplace. Join Attorney Wayne Young on Wednesday, April 4 at 1:45 p.m. at the Arkansas SHRM 2018 HR Conference in Hot Springs. Wayne will talk about recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board as well as federal and state legal principles that will impact workplace decisions around social media.

Judge Robert L. Brown has been appointed to serve on the Central Arkansas Library System Board of Trustees. Judge Brown currently serves as counsel for the firm and previously served as an Associate Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1991 to 2012.

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law the biggest federal tax law overhaul since 1986. The new law, frequently referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will significantly affect individuals, corporations, international taxpayers and estates and trusts. Many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 have been repealed or amended, and new ones have been added.

On Dec. 7, 2017, in a case styled as Tilley v. Malvern Nat’l Bank, 2017 Ark. 343, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that certain contractual provisions providing for the waiver of a jury trial are unenforceable. The Supreme Court reasoned in part that waiving the right to a jury trial before litigation arises is unconstitutional.