Are Certain Claims Prevented When Bringing a Trade Secret Claim?
May 21, 2024
by Devin R. Bates
Are certain claims prevented when bringing a trade secret claim? Yes. Generally speaking the Arkansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (AUTSA) displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law concerning the misappropriation of a trade secret. However, a plaintiff seeking to protect trade secrets…
What to Expect During an Air Inspection: Heinz Braun (Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality) Arkansas Environmental Federation Air Seminar Presentation
Mr. Heinz Braun undertook a presentation at the May 9, 2024, Arkansas Environmental Federation Air Seminar titled: What to Expect During an Air Inspection (“Presentation”) Heinz serves as the Compliance Manager in the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality…
Refrigerants/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Colorado Springs Scrap Metal Recycling Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and American Iron and Metal (“American Iron”) entered into a May 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the regulations found at 40 C.F.R. Part 82 Subpart F applicable to recycling and emissions…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission - May 24th Meeting - Cancelled
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the Environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Friday May 24, 2024, meeting has been cancelled. The next Commission meeting is scheduled for Friday June…
EPA's RMP Rule: Failures to Protect the American People/American Manufacturing: U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Hearing
The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials of the Energy and Commerce Committee held a May 7th Hearing titled: EPA’s RMP Rule: Failures to Protect the American People and American Manufacturing Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act…