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By: Robert T. Smith Last Wednesday the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE) by a vote of 321-103, with 91 Republicans voting in favor. SAFE protects banks that serve marijuana businesses operating legally at the state level. Specifically, the legislation would prevent regulators from penalizing banks solely for serving legal operators.

With the rollout of medical marijuana in full swing for Arkansas-based cultivators, dispensaries and patients, businesses vying to provide them with products and services remain in an uncertain position.

If you are an accountant or tax professional, you won’t want to miss this opportunity as the firm’s tax attorneys bring their wealth of knowledge directly to you.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP will host its annual Tax Update Seminar in Little Rock on Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the UA Little Rock Bowen School of Law. This one-day comprehensive program highlights the most important and up-to-date information on tax law.

Friday Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to welcome four new associates. Lindsey H. Emerson, Sarah Giammo and Caitlin Kennedy join the firm’s headquarters in Little Rock and Andrew Lawson is the newest member of the firm’s office in Rogers.

On June 23, 2018, the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA) will go back into effect to offer protection for tenants when their rented property goes into foreclosure.

A recent Wall Street Journal article noted that there were more than 7,400 companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges in 1996 around the beginning of the dot-com fueled bull market. That number has been cut in half through the first quarter of 2018.