A disagreement between a federal judge and a Little Rock law firm over attorney fees in a civil lawsuit against a pipe manufacturing company reached a new level this week after an 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the judge s favor sparked an order from the district judge for the law firm to show cause why it should not be held in contempt.
I must be bad at business, because I regularly agree not to take money from my law clients. For example, I represent a rape victim whose voice wasn t being heard in the criminal-justice system. No charge. I represent a father trying to secure custody rights of his child from that child s grandfather. I m not paid a cent.
For years, I ve been a news junkie, a voracious consumer of topical commentary. But lately, it s been depressing to watch. The heated acrimony has greatly increased without any sign of simmering down.
The sex trafficking and witness tampering trial of a former high school and college athlete got off to a late start Wednesday after only 30 jurors showed up to the federal courthouse in Little Rock out of 41 who were summoned for the jury pool, necessitating a series of phone calls and emails from the clerk s office to prospective jurors to round out the pool.
The 340B Drug Pricing Program allows community health centers and about 50 qualified hospitals in Arkansas to buy discounted prescription drugs from manufacturers, using the money to improve patient care.