The Non-Compete Playbook: Everything Arkansas Employers Should Have in their Arsenal
A crucial employee leaves for a competitor. A promising candidate shows up carrying a non-compete from their former employer. Either way, the questions hit quickly: What can we do? What should we avoid? And what paperwork should we have in place to handle this sort of thing? What employers should…
NAIC Discloses Unauthorized Access to PeopleSoft Systems
Cybersecurity Incident at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Overview On June 17, 2026, the NAIC publicly disclosed that it identified unauthorized access to its PeopleSoft systems on or about June 11, 2026. The NAIC activated its incident response procedures and is working…
National Environmental Policy Act/Applicability to Hazardous Waste Permitting: Associated General Contractors of America Amicus Brief Addressing Pending U.S. Supreme Court Appeal
The Associated General Contractors of America, Inc and a number of other trade organizations submitted an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States (“SC”) in the currently pending matter: United States Department of the Air Force, ET AL v. Prutehi Guahan. The other organizations…
Borrow Pit/Louisiana Parish Ordinance: Federal Court Addresses Enforceability of Settlement Agreement
Co-Author Mason Bravo The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (“Court”) addressed in a June 3rd Order & Reasons an issue arising out of a Plaquemines Parish Government’s (“Parish”) attempt to reimpose local excavation restrictions on a borrow pit operator…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: June 24th Meeting
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…