Cardinal Freight Carriers, Inc. v. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case involves a significant issue regarding ce. construction of the Arkansas Trade Secrets Act, compiled in Ark. Code Ann. §§ 4-75-601 — 4-75-607 (Repl. 1996). This litigation arises out of a controversy over a confidential agreement that a number of managerial or key employees, appellant-employees herein, signed when going to work with appellees J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and J.B. Hunt Logistics, Inc. (hereafter referred to as Hunt). The confidential agreement did not include a non-competition provision.

In 1991, appellant Thomas Hostetler was hired by Hunt to…