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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Potential Impacts of Trump’s DEI Executive Order on SBAs, Alaska Native Corporations, ‎and Tribes

On January 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing.” The order states that it ends “all discriminatory and illegal preferences,...more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

A Status Update on Pending Legal Challenges to Federal Government Contracting Diversity Programs

As many of you know, federal contracting programs aimed at leveling the playing field for diverse and women-owned businesses have been under legal attack. An incredible number of small businesses rely heavily on these...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Unraveling the Latest District Court Decision on DOT’s DBE Program

As we have previously discussed, a case filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Mid-America Milling Company, LLC, et. al. v. U.S. Department of Transportation, et. al., Case No. 3:23-cv-72,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Industry Insights, Issue 9, September 2024

Welcome to our ninth issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. Building Code Legislation Becomes Law - Why this is important: Senate Bill 166, 2024 Building Code Regulatory...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Mid-America Case Challenges the DOT’s Use of a Rebuttable Presumption

On October 26, 2023, a new legal challenge to the federal Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program was filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Raising the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Bruckner Lawsuit Challenges Minority Business Development Agency

In 2022, Christian Bruckner and his company, Project Management Corporation, sued the federal government in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division). The plaintiffs claimed that the...more

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