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PPGMR Law attorneys Scott Morgan and Micah Goodwin recently procured a favorable decision from the Arkansas Supreme Court in a workers' compensation case that had far-reaching implications for businesses in Arkansas.

PPGMR Law recently obtained summary judgment dismissal for firm client Brookshire Grocery Company in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. PPGMR attorneys Scott Morgan and Molly Shepherd successfully achieved dismissal of all claims in an employment discrimination case brought by a former Brookshire Grocery Company employee. Plaintiff’s causes of action were based upon alleged sex discrimination leading to his termination. In his Complaint, he alleged that he was treated differently than similarly situated employees. In its Order dismissing all claims, the Court held that he failed to establish a prima facie case because he failed to establish a similarly-situated employee who was treated differently than he was.

PPGMR Law is excited to announce the opening of its third office in Stuttgart, Arkansas.

On Monday, January 22nd the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an environmental law case that centers on the question of whether the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) allows an agency such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) to designate private land as “critical habitat” when it is neither a habitat nor critical.

On January 10, 2018, the Arkansas Department of Environment Quality denied a new permit to to the controversial CAFO located in Newton County.