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Arkansas Business Laws
Welcome to FindLaw’s section on Arkansas business laws, covering a wide variety of statutes affecting businesses and consumers alike.
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An important aspect of starting and operating a business is compliance with certain laws and regulations, which are intended to protect consumers and keep businesses honest. This section includes articles on statutory interest rate limits; antitrust laws, which are meant to prevent monopolies; and other laws that prohibit unfair business practices, such as price fixing. In addition, you can read about the various wage and hour laws that apply to employees. Click on a link below to learn more about the business laws of Arkansas.
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Arkansas Antitrust Laws
Information to help you understand Arkansas’s antitrust law, which prohibits any kind of monopoly, price fixing, quantity fixing, or generally any actions solely intended to drive out the competition.
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Arkansas Insurance Fraud Law
Overview of Arkansas insurance fraud law, which prohibits a number of related acts or omissions such as issuing fraudulent insurance policies, embezzling property from an insurer, and other offenses.
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Arkansas Pyramid and Ponzi Scheme Laws
Basics of Arkansas statutes prohibiting Ponzi schemes and Pyramid schemes, which are similar methods of business fraud, including information about enhanced penalties for offenses committed against seniors.
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Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Law
The basics of Arkansas’s statutory prohibitions against deceptive trade practices, which include such offenses as knowingly selling used goods as new and using “bait and switch” sales tactics.
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Arkansas Wage and Hour Laws
Summary of Arkansas laws addressing minimum wage, the maximum number of hours an employee may work in a given shift, and other statutes collectively called wage and hour laws.
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Arkansas Interest Rate Laws
Explanation of how Arkansas (like other states) statutorily limits the amount of interest a creditor may charge for a loan, although most bank loans are exempt from this law.
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