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Preparing for New SBA Certification Requirements for Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

On November 29, 2022, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a Final Rule, requiring all Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (VOSBs) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSBs) to obtain...more

Eleventh Circuit Confirms Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Likely Exceeds Presidential Authority, But Narrows the Scope of the...

On August 26, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit issued its long awaited decision on the government’s appeal of the nationwide injunction that prevented the government from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and...more

Stay “Small” Longer: Recent Changes Make It Easier for Growing Businesses to Pursue Small Business Contracts from the Federal...

On June 6, 2022, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a Final Rule changing how a company calculates its size under an employee-based size standard. In recent years, the SBA also changed how a business calculates...more

Georgia Federal Court Enjoins the Government from Enforcing the Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

On December 7, 2021, the federal district court for the Southern District of Georgia (the Court) issued a preliminary injunction preventing the government from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and...more

CMMC 2.0 Brings Increased Flexibility — and Increased Risks — for Contractors

Defense contractors and their subcontractors and supply chains that have been preparing for the challenge of complying with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) recently received some welcome news from the...more

COVID-19 Vaccinations Required for Covered Contractors by December 8, 2021

On September 24, 2021, in response to Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued mandatory guidance (the “Task Force Guidance”)...more

DOJ Exercised Leniency With a Borrower Who Self-Disclosed His Error on His PPP Loan Application

Recently, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California settled a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud investigation with Slidebelts, Inc. and its owner Brigham Taylor not by arresting Mr. Taylor, but...more

Department of Defense Formally Implements Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Requirements for Department of Defense...

On November 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) will begin to roll out the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) framework that eventually will require all DoD contractors, subcontractors, and...more

New Cybersecurity Assessment Requirement for Department of Defense Contractors Effective November 30, 2020

As of November 30, 2020, certain U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) prime contractors and subcontractors will need to complete a cybersecurity self-assessment prior to receiving new DoD contracts and prior to the exercise of...more

SBA Guidance on Changes in Ownership of PPP Loan Borrowers

On Friday, October 2, 2020, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued a Procedural Notice (the “Notice”) providing guidance on the notification and consent requirements for changes in ownership of borrowers of...more

Key Changes to the Paycheck Protection Program - Updated July 8, 2020

The Paycheck Protection Program reopened for applications on July 6, 2020 and will remain open (pending availability of funds) through August 8, 2020. As of July 6, 2020 roughly $521 billion in Paycheck Protection Program...more

Key Changes to the Paycheck Protection Program

On June 5, 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (the “Flexibility Act”) was enacted, amending key provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more

SBA Loans Under the CARES Act - Updated as of May 20, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), signed into law on Friday March 27, 2020, introduced the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) with an initial $349 billion in funding and the goal of...more

Top 10 Insights from the SBA’s PPP Loan Forgiveness Application

On May 15, 2020, the SBA issued its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application. 1. Permits Use of Alternative Payroll Covered Period - While the term of the “Covered Period” for loan forgiveness...more

SBA Loans Under the CARES Act - Updated as of May 14, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), signed into law on Friday March 27, 2020, introduced the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) with an initial $349 billion in funding and the goal of...more

SBA Issued New Guidance Regarding Recipients’ Certifications of Necessity for PPP Loans

On May 13, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued new, important guidance (available here) regarding how the SBA will review a borrower’s required good-faith certification of necessity made in its loan...more

SBA Loans Under the CARES Act - Updated as of May 8, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), signed into law on Friday March 27, 2020, introduced the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) with an initial $349 billion in funding and the goal of...more

Applying for a CARES Act Loan? Take Three Simple Steps Now to Avoid Government Scrutiny Later (Updated May 6, 2020)

Businesses that applied for a Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan have a chance to change their minds if they return the money by May 14, 2020. With the onslaught of COVID-19...more

Applying for a CARES Act Loan? Take Three Simple Steps Now to Avoid Government Scrutiny Later (Update May 4, 2020)

Businesses that applied for a Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan have a chance to change their minds if they return the money by May 7, 2020. With the onslaught of COVID-19...more

Applying for a CARES Act Loan? Take Three Simple Steps Now to Avoid Government Scrutiny Later

With the onslaught of COVID-19 business closures, the government invited businesses around the country to apply for CARES Act relief to help survive the closures. Many have chosen to apply for assistance through the Small...more

SBA Loans Under the CARES Act - Updated as of April 10, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), signed into law on Friday March 27, 2020, introduces the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) with $349 billion in funding and the goal of preventing...more

SBA Loans Under the CARES Act - Updated

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), signed into law on Friday March 27, 2020, introduces the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) with $349 billion in funding and the goal of preventing...more

SBA Loans Under the CARES Act - Updated as of April 7, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), signed into law on Friday March 27, 2020, introduces the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) with $349 billion in funding and the goal of preventing...more

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