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DBE Program Department of Transportation (DOT) Equal Protection

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Is DBE Contracting the Next to Fall After Affirmative Action?

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In a significant ruling that could reshape federal contracting, a federal district court in the Eastern District of Kentucky has granted a preliminary injunction against key aspects of the United States Department of...more

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Transportation's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Violates Fifth Amendment's Guarantee of Equal Protection, Court Says

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In an effort to increase participation by disadvantaged business enterprises in projects funded by federal transportation grants, received by certain state departments of transportation (DOT), Congress enacted the U.S....more

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The Court Extends and Clarifies the Injunction Barring DBE Program

In late September, a federal judge in Kentucky issued a decision granting a preliminary injunction to partially block the United States Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program....more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

DBE Program Partially Blocked After Legal Challenge

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Last month, a federal judge in Kentucky issued a decision granting a preliminary injunction to partially block the United States Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program. A copy of the...more

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Federal Court Enjoins Race- and Gender-Based Classifications in USDOT DBE Program

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On September 23, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (the “Court”) issued an Opinion and Order in Mid-America Milling Co., LLC, et al., v. U.S. Department of Transportation, et. al.,...more

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Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Based on Plaintiffs’ Challenges to the USDOT’s DBE Program

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On September 23, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an Opinion and Order in Mid-America Milling Co., LLC, et al., v. U.S. Department of Transportation, et. al., No....more

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