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Although not complicit with former Arvest-Benton County president and CEO Dennis Smiley, Joseph Edward Bryan “Jeb” Mills signed documents without reviewing them.

If a healthy workplace is important to your corporate culture, looking at ways to restrict tobacco use and including electronic vaporized nicotine in your policies are some good places to communicate that message.

The family-owned business tends to face a unique set of challenges when the generation in charge is ready to step down.

Trulove Dirtworks LLC says it was never paid by the contractor for work it did to prepare for the Walmart Neighborhood Market at Don Tyson Parkway and Interstate 49.

Conner Eldridge, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced his resignation on Tuesday, according to a press release from the Justice Department.

Monte Johnston, owner of the Automatic Auto Finance dealership franchise in Northwest Arkansas, was arrested Aug. 5 after returning from Colorado in possession of what police are calling “high-grade marijuana.”

J.B. Hunt is suing the North Carolina-based vendor for $3.08 million for “useless” software.

Dr. Josh Roller, owner of Roller Weight Loss and Advanced Surgery at 1280 E. Stearns St., filed the lawsuit in Benton County Circuit Court against Elizabeth Millard of Bentonville, an employee of the company since 2008.

Howard Brill will serve out the remainder of the term of Jim Hannah, who is retiring Aug. 31, citing health issues. His term expires at the end of 2016.

Bentonville toymaker Andy Wiseman has accused a Canadian competitor of underhanded marketing practices.

A source says no criminal charges will come out of an Arkansas Legislative Audit report that showed misuse of grant funds by the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District.

Andy Hardie, once an investment adviser for the firm, claims its top executive in the Rogers office made untrue statements about him to his clients, the company's pension board and the public.

Software provider MercuryGate claims J.B. Hunt's issues with its information technology system are the result of the trucker company failing to effectively train its staff to use the products.

The former president of Arvest Bank–Benton County faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine for duping up to 20 banks by pledging his personal Arvest stock as collateral.

A Bentonville woman has denied accusations of embezzling more than $100,000 from a Fayetteville medical clinic where she worked as an office manager, and later chief operating officer.

A Washington County Circuit Court judge will decide if the school did indeed break its lease, or if Tracy Hoskins of Paradigm Building LLC is trying to bilk a former tenant out of about $500,000.

The University of Arkansas granted our requests for information on licensees of luxury suites at the football stadium and basketball arena, but denied a request for information from Baum Stadium.

Andrew C. Judkins, convicted in March of two counts of bank fraud, was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay a $438,500 fine.

First Security Bank of Searcy will be in court Sept. 22 to see if its 38-acre foreclosure on U.S. 412 in Tontitown will be cleared for annexation into Springdale.

The Walton College Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center is scheduled to host a professional training seminar led by local patent attorney Meredith Lowry.

Former Arvest Asset Management Exec Fined for Dealings with Smiley

Do E-Cigarettes Fit Into Workplace Tobacco Policy? (OPINION)

Succeeding With Succession (OPINION)

Dispute Over Additional Work Triggers Legal Claim

U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge Stepping Down

Springdale Businessman Arrested, Accused of Transporting Marijuana

MercuryGate CEO Questions Timing of J.B. Hunt Lawsuit

Fayetteville Doctor Josh Roller Files Lawsuit in Alleged Embezzlement

UA Law Professor Named Chief Justice of Arkansas Supreme Court

Toy Wars: Marketing for 3-D Kid Kit Triggers Federal Lawsuit

Former Nonprofit Exec Must Repay Gas Money

Ex-Employee Files Defamation Suit Against Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

MercuryGate Responds in IT Dispute; Countersues J.B. Hunt For $5 Million

H. Dennis Smiley Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

Former Roller Employee Responds To Lawsuit Alleging Embezzlement

Haas Hall Goes to Court with Former Landlord

Attorney Calls Hogwash on UA FOIA Denial

Former Fayetteville Businessman Sentenced For Swindling Bank

Trial Set for Tontitown Property's Annexation into Springdale

Seminar to Discuss Patent, Trademark Issues