‘Open carry’ policies now established locally?
Saline County Sheriff Rodney Wright made news at the first of this month when he effectively said that citizens openly carrying firearms in that county won’t be confronted by deputies…
Read moreSelf help is a bad idea if you are a landlord
Not too long ago, a potential client showed up in my office wanting me to defend him in an eviction case filed against him by his landlord. That was novel…
Read moreReport shows IRS employees also lie on their taxes
According to a report released in mid-April by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 1,580 of its employees willfully violated tax laws from 2003 through 2013. You can have a look…
Read moreLaw professor out to reduce students’ anxiety
According to the Stanford News, a law professor at that particular college is working on his doctorate in psychology and is putting his training to use by putting together a…
Read moreOhio report that a lot of lawyers aren’t practicing is no surprise
Ohio State University Law Professor Deborah Jones Merritt did some research and found out that about 25 percent of attorneys admitted to the bar in 2010 weren’t practicing law at…
Read moreUtah blacklisting Internet fraudsters
Utah may be the first state in the nation to create an Internet registry for white collar criminals convicted of fraud. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the registry will…
Read moreIs Samsung eavesdropping on its customers?
If you want to keep up with the latest legal issues surrounding the Internet, the Electronic Foundation Frontier (www.EFF.org) is a pretty good site to bookmark and check regularly. One…
Read moreWe still have a perfectly good civil eviction statute in Arkansas
On Jan. 20, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert T. Wright, Jr. signed an order finding Arkansas’ criminal eviction statute unconstitutional. That’s been reported more than a few times over the…
Read moreMobile technology causing legal headaches
A story the Associated Press (AP) ran about a popular smartphone app serves as yet another reminder that technological advances often raise legal issues that courts will have to struggle…
Read moreDon’t call a lawyer unethical in Iowa
The Iowa State Bar Association released an opinion cautioning attorneys against calling each other unethical. Arkansas attorneys might want to pay attention to what the Iowa State Bar had to…
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