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On Tuesday, a Wyoming federal district court set aside a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands.

Preparing for the Drone Revolution By Micah Goodwin Arkansas is on the cusp of a drone revolution. Many of our state’s businesses have already begun using drones for agriculture, energy development, advertising, social media and journalism. In fact, economists anticipate drones will become a multi-billion dollar industry by the mid 2020’s, with Arkansas expected to reap millions in economic benefits.

On June 1, 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published its proposal to reissue existing nationwide permits (NWPs), general conditions, and definitions, with some modifications, in the Federal Register. The proposal introduced two new NWPs and one new general condition that would apply to all NWPs.

Last week, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), enacting what some have hailed as the first major expansion of federal intellectual property rights in decades.  For more on the DTSA's effect on Arkansas' non-compete laws, ...

Department of Energy Gives Approval for Clean Line Project Last Friday the U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced that the Department will participate in the development of the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Project.