Arkansas has a new non-compete law. James H. Stock, a shareholder in our Memphis office, has written an article on the Jackson Lewis website about these developments. As he notes, the legislation signed by Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson will allow “a court to enforce the reasonable parts of a non-competition agreement, while deleting the overbroad, unenforceable provisions, rather than striking down the entire agreement.” The new law is scheduled to take effect on August 6, 2015.