Subjective Criteria for Hiring Decisions or RIFs May Be Problematic
April 10, 2023
by Audra K. Hamilton
Mergers and acquisitions bring lots of financial opportunity, but they can sometimes result in upheaval in the workforce as the new entity determines whether it will operate business differently from its predecessor. If the new business decides to change the workforce, how should it make those…
Get to Know Immerse Arkansas
Immerse Arkansas was chosen as the 2023 Mitchell Williams Take Time To Give charity for the Central Arkansas market. We are excited to share the story of Immerse Arkansas and their work in this interview with Executive Director Eric Gilmore. Describe the mission of Immerse Arkansas. Immerse…
Federally Permitted Releases/CERCLA: Federal Court Addresses Status of Emissions from Shipped Lead-Acid Batteries Covered by Smelter's Clean Air Act Permit
A United States District Court (C.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in a March 22nd Order an issue arising out of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Conservation, and Liability (“CERCLA”) exemption for federally permitted releases. See California Department of Toxic Substances Control et…
94th Arkansas General Assembly: Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Expansion
The Quapaw Quarter Association (“QQA”) announced in its April 6th newsletter that Senate Bills 461 and 462 have passed both the Arkansas House of Representatives and Arkansas Senate. Both bills address the Arkansas historic tax credit. In 2009 legislation was enacted by the Arkansas General…
Scrap Tire Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management Proposed Order to Jackson County Facility
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) issued an April 5, 2023 Order to Adrian Cardenas DBA Stevenson Tires (“Stevenson”) alleging violations of certain ADEM Admin. Code provisions addressing scrap tires. See Order NO. 23-XXX-ST. The Order provides that Stevenson is the…