Non-Compete Agreements: What is a Reasonable Geographic Area of Coverage for a Restriction?
What is a reasonable geographic area of coverage for a non-compete agreement restriction? It depends. The first question to ask is when was this non-compete agreement signed? In Arkansas, the watershed date is July 22, 2015, which is when a landmark non-compete statute came into play. For…
Arkansas Environmental Federation Annual Land Seminar Scheduled for June 15th, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) has scheduled its annual Land Seminar (“Seminar”) for June 15th. The Seminar will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, Midtown, in Little Rock, Arkansas. It will be an in-person format this year. AEF Land Committee Co-Chairs include: Ben Reynolds…
Construction Debris/Waste Hauling: Texas Supreme Court Addresses Validity of Municipality's Imposition of Gross Revenue License Fee
Co-Author: Evan Nelson The Supreme Court of Texas (“Court”) addressed in a May 20th opinion an issue arising out of certain licensing and related requirements imposed by a general-law municipality on a firm that removes solid waste (often denominated “construction debris”) from construction sites…
SPCC/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Payne County, Oklahoma, Tank Battery Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Colpitt Brothers Operating Company (“Colpitt”) entered into a May 25th Expedited Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of Clean Water Act Spill Prevention Control and…
Licenses and the Law Series, Part VII: The Hearing - Part I
June 1, 2022
by Stuart P. Miller
In addition, this article was co-authored by former Attorneys Lindsey Vechik and Peyton Hildebrand. In this article, we begin to discuss the substance of the administrative hearing before the board. In Arkansas, administrative board hearings are open to the public. Prior to your hearing, you may…