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Attorney Wayne Young wrote an article about white-collar exemptions in this month's (September) issue of HR Professionals Magazine. In the article, Wayne provides details on this HR legal hot topic and answers some of the most common questions surrounding the 2016 Final Rule changes.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP welcomes three new attorneys to the firm: Joshua C. Ashley, Kyle D. Kennedy and Taylor A. Stockemer.

The firm has had the pleasure of working with legal intern Johanna Stenberg of Finland for the past month. Johanna, who is a third-year law student at Tallinn University in Estonia, originally became acquainted with our state in 2012 when she was an exchange student at Morrilton High School (where she later graduated.) “I knew I wanted to come back to Arkansas,” she said. “And I wanted the chance to experience the practice of law and I was able to do that here.”

Good news for employers. The new EEO-1 report, which would have been very onerous on employers, has been suspended. The Office of Information Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) decided that the new EEO-1 component 2 report is suspended indefinitely.

Wayne Young spoke to Arkansas Business's Mark Friedman about the legal ramifications of terminating an employee who participates in rallies involving hate groups.

Marshall Ney has been making the rounds on the speaking circuit recently in Northwest Arkansas discussing education law, special education law and related matters.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce six attorneys are named by Best Lawyers© as “Lawyer of the Year.” In addition, the publication’s 2018 edition recognizes 52 attorneys, making the firm the highest-ranked firm in Arkansas. Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.