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The Arkansas Legislature passed two new estate planning-related acts during the Spring 2017 Legislative Session: The Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act and the Dynasty Trust Act. A few highlights from these acts are outlined in this story.

120-Mile Bike Ride Raises Thousands For Local Cause Close to His Heart An ordinary birthday celebration might include dinner with family and friends, a candle-topped cake and maybe a gift or two. But Attorney Mike Moore is anything but ordinary. When he began thinking about how he wanted to spend his 60th birthday, he decided against the traditional and chose to spend the day giving instead of getting.

New reporting requirements for healthcare providers are scheduled to go into effect in January 2018 as a result of the mandate in Section 218(b) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA). PAMA requires CMS to establish a program to promote ordering physicians to consult “appropriate use criteria” (AUC) prior to ordering advanced diagnostic imaging tests for Medicare beneficiaries.

Attorney Wayne Young was interviewed by Arkansas Business reporter Mark Friedman concerning Act 1071 which protects the right of each citizen to carry and store a handgun in his or her vehicle where the private vehicle is permitted. Excerpt from "Guns, Shared Background Checks Coming Soon to Arkansas Offices"

When Attorney Taylor Marshall graduated from the Leadership Greater Little Rock Program (LGLR), he joined not one but two special alumni groups. One includes more than 1,500 graduates of the Little Rock Regional Chamber's leadership program while the other is a special group of 20 attorneys from Friday, Eldredge & Clark who are LGLR graduates and continue to serve their community as leaders

Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently posted new compliance guidance to assist healthcare entities of all types and sizes of measuring the effectiveness of their compliance programs. The publication, “Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness: A Resource Guide” was the collaborative result the Health Care Compliance Association and the OIG.

Managing Partner Shep Russell was invited to participate in the 83rd Arkansas Municipal League Convention last week (June 16) in Little Rock. He was part of a panel discussion on recent legislation passed during the 2017 session to promote local economic development projects.