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By Lynda M. Johnson, Timothy C. Ezell and Tonya S. Gierke Published in Arkansas Medical News (March/April) It is no secret that there are extensive challenges facing healthcare providers in today’s regulatory environment. In particular, the significant increase in government healthcare program audit activity over the last 10 to 15 years has created additional uncertainty and risk in the healthcare industry.

Included in Governor Hutchinson’s recent call for an Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly was an item to address the recent Arkansas Supreme Court decision holding that contractual waivers of jury trials were unenforceable.

By Mike Childers Published in Arkansas Business (March 19, 2018) Many Arkansas landowners have been approached recently with offers to lease substantial tracts of land for the development of solar power generating facilities. The target land is often Delta farmland, and solar companies promise lease rates substantially higher than typical farm rents.

For the fifth year, the firm has partnered with the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission and Southern Bancorp to provide pro bono will preparation services to low-income residents of El Dorado and Helena.

Attorney Marshall Ney was invited to participate last week (March 7, 2018) in a panel discussion at the Arkansas Council of Administrators of Special Education's (AR-CASE) Spring Conference in Little Rock. The panel, which included the Arkansas Department of Education, presented to K-12 special education leaders from across the state.

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.