Between the Lines Blog
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
Arkansas Pipeline Code/Arkansas Public Service Commission: January 9th Petition to Initiate Rulemaking Addressing Proposed Revisions
A Petition to Initiate a Rulemaking Docket (“Petition”) was filed on January 9th before the Arkansas Public Service Commission (“APSC”) by the general staff. See Docket No. 26-006-R. The Petition proposes to make changes to the Arkansas Gas Pipeline Code (“Code”). United States energy pipelines are…
Debt-for-Carbon/Using Carbon Credits for Debt Relief: Environmental Defense Fund Report
The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) announced the issuance of a report titled: DEBT-FOR-CARBON: USING CARBON CREDITS FOR DEBT RELIEF (“Report”). The Report was prepared by EDF and Perspectives Climate Research. Authors include: Igor Shishlov. Holly Pearen. Luisa Weber. Axel Michaelowa. Pedro…
112(r)/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Grangeville, Idaho Cooperative Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and CHS, Inc. (“CHS”) entered into an October 16th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the regulations implementing Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. See Docket No. CAA-10-2024-0239. The ESA provides…
Total Dissolved Solids/Clean Water Act: Albuquerque, New Mexico Water Utility Authority U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Motion to Stay Permit Limits
The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (“Authority”) has filed a pleading before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) styled: MOTION TO STAY PERMIT LIMITATIONS FOR TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (“Motion”). See NPDES Appeal No…
Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: Arkansas Wildlife Federation/National Wildlife Federation Comments on the U.S. EPA Proposed Rule
The National Wildlife Federation, Arkansas Wildlife Federation, and 24 other environmental organizations (collectively, “NWF”) submitted January 5th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United States Corps of Engineers the collectively, “Corps”) on the proposed rule to…