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Service Animals in Arkansas Schools: What Every Administrator Should Know - Part Two
In a prior installment of this blog post we outlined the law that all Arkansas school administrators should know about service animals. Now we turn to a slightly less clear issue that comes up quite frequently: the difference between service animals and emotional support animals. The Mitchell…
Service Animals in Arkansas Schools: What Every Administrator Should Know (Part 1)
Navigating the ADA, Reasonable Accommodations, and Safety in Practice If you’ve ever had a parent or visitor arrive at your school event with a dog, you’ve probably found yourself asking: What are my legal responsibilities? What questions am I allowed to ask? How do I balance access, safety, and…
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Fall 2025 Meeting Summary
The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of lawyers recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Fall 2025 National Meeting which was held in Hollywood, FL. This summary highlights issues that various NAIC groups addressed. What You Need to Know: …
Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order/Assessment Addressing Ashland Facility
December 9, 2025
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a November 5th Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Brockton USA, LLC (“BU”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case No. UST25-0111. The Order provides that BU is a…
Federal Government Poised to Amend Definition of Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance … (Again)
On August 7, 2025, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (collectively “the Departments”) released a statement that they intend to undertake notice-and-comment rulemaking to reconsider the 2024 amendments to the federal regulatory definition of short-term…
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law Blog
Regional Haze/Second Implementation Period: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Guidance Memorandum
February 24, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a memorandum on February 19th addressing the Clean Air Act Regional Haze program styled: Update to Guidance on Regional Haze State Implementation Plans for the Second Implementation Period (“2026 Guidance”). The 2026 Guidance is…
Study of the Fate of PFAS through Resource Recovery Facilities: Minnesota Resource Recovery Association Report
February 24, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Minnesota Resource Recovery Association (“MRRA”) published a September 2025 report titled: Study of the Fate of PFAS through Resource Recovery Facilities (“Report”). The Report was prepared for MRRA by BARR Engineering Co. (“BARR”). MRRA commissioned a study of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Blytheville Graphite Product Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
February 24, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Company (“MC”) entered into a February 19th Consent Administrative Orrder (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Case #: CAO-25-0099. The CAO…
Dicamba/Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: Center for Biological Diversity Federal Appellate Court Petition Challenging Reapproval
February 23, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Center for Biological Diversity and three other organizations filed a February 20th Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Court”) requesting that an order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued under the…
Solar Panels/Homeowners Association: Supreme Court of Missouri Addresses Applicability of Restrictive Covenant
February 23, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Co-Author Nayeli Ortiz The Supreme Court of Missouri (“SCT”) addressed in a January 23rd Opinion an issue involving the enforceability of a statute barring covenants that limit or prohibit solar panel installation. See Eikmeier and Love, v. Granite Springs Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., No. SC 101152…