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Wayne Young participated in a panel discussion regarding Arkansas medical marijuana law at last week's Central Arkansas Human Resources Association's monthly meeting.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark was named "Best Law Firm" by Arkansas Business. This is the 10th year Arkansas Business has conducted the readers' choice poll to determine the winners of its Best of Business Awards.

Khayyam M. Eddings, a partner in the Labor and Employment Litigation Practice Group, recently presented at a National Business Institute seminar focused on Student Discipline in Schools.

Jamie Huffman Jones, a partner in the firm's Business and Class Action Litigation Practice Group, has recently been elected to the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel as a federation member.

Little Rock Soirée Magazine recently released its picks for Best Lawyers in 2016. Jay T. Taylor was honored for his work in Commercial Real Estate and Bryan W. Duke was awarded for his work in Corporate Finance - Mergers & Acquisitions.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Foundation Fund recently named Friday, Eldredge & Clark attorney Bruce B. Tidwell to its board of directors. Bruce received his undergraduate degree in business administration from UALR in 1993 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from UALR William H. Bowen School of Law in 1996.

A federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction yesterday blocking, on a nationwide basis, enforcement of the Department of Labor's new overtime regulations raising the minimum salary threshold for the white-collar exemptions. The regulations were set to go into effect December 1, 2016. This alert explains what the ruling means to local businesses.