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The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel was held Friday, August 4 and Saturday, August 5 at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute atop Petit Jean Mountain. Speakers included Attorney Don Bacon who presented "Ethics and the Art of Practicing Law Civilly in a (Sometimes) Uncivilized World."

This month's (August) issue of HR Professionals Magazine profiled ERISA and Employee Benefits Attorneys Joesph B. Hurst, A. Wyck Nisbet, David M. Graf, Alexandra A. Ifrah, Brian C. Smith, Joshua M. Osborne and Jeremiah D. Wood of Friday, Eldredge & Clark.

You’ve executed your revocable trust – does that make you probate-proof? No. You still have to fund your trust. Funding your revocable trust (i.e., transferring your assets to your revocable trust) is the only way to ensure that you are probate proof.

Robert Beach spoke today (Monday, July 31) at a workshop hosted by First Security Bank. The seminar titled "The Life of a Bond" featured speakers from a variety of sectors including finance, education and legal.

Wednesday (July 26, 2017) the Trump Department of Justice filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court, taking the position that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not offer protection based on an employee’s sexual orientation. In a case now before the United States Supreme Court, NLRB v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., the Trump DOJ has filed a brief with the court reversing its support of the NLRB, and arguing that such arbitration agreements do not violate employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

The status and ultimate fate of the Department of Labor’s proposed new rules on the white-collar overtime exemptions has been the source of much discussion. Recent events have shed some light on what employers might expect going forward.

Dan Herrington presented recently to two groups regarding I9 compliance and audits. He presented to the Arkansas Public Employers HR Association on Friday, July 20 and to the West Central Arkansas HR Association in Hot Springs Tuesday, July 25.