Publications

Force Majeure In Arkansas

May, 25, 2020 by Timothy W. Grooms and Robbi R. Rosenbaum | Many Arkansas businesses temporarily shut their doors in light of COVID-19, leading to uncertainty regarding the…

A Report From The 2019 National Conference Of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws

March 2020 by J. Cliff McKinney II | The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) held its 128th annual National Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 11-18, 2019. Arkansas was…

Long-Term Trends In Environmental Monitoring

January-February 2020 by Michael B. Heister| “Isn’t that below the method detection limit?” It was a fair question from my client, but one that has become a moving…

Recent Amendment to Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Debt Limits Under the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019

October 2019 by Mary-Tipton Thalheimer and R. Seth Hampton | In the late 1980s, Congress enacted Chapter 12 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) to…

Compelling and Staying Arbitration in Arkansas

September 2019 Thomas H. Wyatt | When a party commences a lawsuit in defiance of an arbitration agreement, the opposing party may need to seek a court order…

Chambers USA Real Estate – Arkansas

June 2019 Timothy W. Grooms, J. Cliff McKinney II, Jeb H. Joyce | Timothy W. Grooms, J. Cliff McKinney II and Jeb H. Joyce authored the Arkansas chapter…

Optional Liquidated Damages in Arkansas Commercial Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements

March 2019 by Timothy W. Grooms and Mary-Tipton Thalheimer | “Parties to commercial real estate purchase and sale agreements commonly include liquidated damages provisions whereby the parties agree…

Wetlands Conservation Compliance – What Every Ag Lender Should Know About Swampbusters

March 2019 by R. Seth Hampton | In addition to commonly known environmental laws, regulations and compliance requirements concerning wetlands, such as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and…

Native American Children Should Get Fair & Equal Treatment

March 14, 2019 by Chad W. Pekron | In every way that matters, Erin Fisher, her husband Richard Fisher, and their son A.C. are a typical normal family. …

Design-Build Highway Projects and How They Change the Landscape for Landowners in the Eminent Domain Process

Summer 2018 by Michael N. Shannon | Many lenders are affected by road expansion projects in Arkansas.  Whether it be for their own branch or main location or…