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Robert Smith's article on CIBC Act compliance challenges was featured this week in Arkansas Business. According to Robert, the federal Change in Bank Control Act may be the most often overlooked — and one of the most often violated — of all banking regulations.

Hospitals and clinics often produce a patient’s medical record multiple times and all copies are not the same; that creates problems in litigation.

Earlier this year, 91st General Assembly of the Arkansas State Legislature held a legislative session during which various acts were passed that are applicable to medical care and treatment. These acts include the Palliative Care Act, Wrongful Birth Civil Liability Protection Act, Patient Right-To-Know Act, POLST, Peer Review Fairness Act and the Telemedicine Act.

A process to come up with a standard national Chapter 13 Plan has resulted in a number of proposed changes to the Bankruptcy Rules which have a target effective date of December 1, 2017.

Arkansas Business has published its 2017 40 under 40 list of nominees with Attorney Jamie Jones part of this year's class. The publication honors 40 intriguing business and political leaders under 40 years old who bear watching. The profiles are featured in this week's issue. Those chosen are nominated by readers and chosen by the editors of Arkansas Business.

As with any great story, this one starts with a girl. Actually, this story starts with three girls. When Attorney Bill Waddell’s three daughters were in elementary school, Bill loved reading to them as many fathers do. Although story after story could be found about princess fairytales, animal adventures and even real-life heroes, he discovered that very few children’s books dealt with the law or social justice issues. It was important to Bill not only that his daughters learn these values, but also that they understand how Bill’s profession contributes to these values. 

Attorney Marshall Ney's guest commentary appears in this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal and focuses on recent legal decisions for wet communities in Arkansas.