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We are proud to present the new Arkansas Law Notes online edition. This new online version of Law Notes will continue to focus on Arkansas legal developments but with a greater focus on breaking legal news. For example, the current, launch edition features a column by Professor Howard Brill, "Migrating Lawyers," discussing a recent Arkansas Supreme Court decision. You can expect more perspective on the Supreme Court in future editions, as well as articles and notes from professors, students, and practitioners. This new online format continues the rich tradition of Arkansas Law Notes. You can find its history and submission guidelines here.

Thanks for the Lyft: Optimizing Rideshare Safety in Arkansas

Addison A. Tucker

Rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft, also known as Transportation Network Companies (“TNCs”), are underregulated and provide little protection to passengers, despite the thousands of women who have reported instances of sexual violence during their trips. This Comment argues that Arkansas law should be modified to strengthen the criminal background checks of potential rideshare drivers, require surveillance during rides, and classify the impersonation of a rideshare driver as a felony.

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My Patient or Law Enforcement, Who Gets First Say?

Hollis T, Redden

Law enforcement is often left struggling with determining how to appropriately respond to nurses who refuse their request to collect a suspect’s blood when that patient is suspected of intoxicated driving and the officer has a valid search warrant. These scenarios trigger compliance issues including a patient’s right to privacy and consent, “particularly when a medical entity’s compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) provisions directly conflicts with law enforcement needs and goals.” Once a suspect becomes a patient, whose interest prevails? Is it healthcare providers’ interest in abiding by the rights, health, and safety of their patients, or is it the State of Arkansas’s interest in deterring intoxicated driving? This Comment serves as a call on the Arkansas State Legislature to address the rising tensions between the medical field and law enforcement field by eliminating the broad discretion granted to medical providers which unjustly blocks the goals of law enforcement and to provide guidance, protection, and confidence to nurses in understanding their roles and responsibilities when acting for the state.

Heads up! Arkansas has a new LLC Act

Carol Goforth

This short piece points out some basic information about the Arkansas ULLCA and some of the major changes in Arkansas law applicable to LLCs. While lawyers will obviously need to consult the new statute when actual issues arise, this article should at least provide a "heads up" notice to practitioners with LLCs or their members and managers as clients.