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UPDATED: New Transportation Secretary Gets to Work with New Directives

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February 24, 2025 Update (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) - The evening of February 21, 2025, Judge Adam B. Adelson, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, issued a preliminary injunction enjoining...more

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Current Status of Legal Challenge to the DBE Program

I have previously blogged about the legal challenge to the DBE program taking place in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, where several non-DBE firms are challenging the constitutionality...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

‎90-Day Stay Requested in Mid-America Milling Co. v. U.S. DOT

The plaintiffs and the federal government seek a 90-day stay in Mid-America Milling Company v. United States Department of Transportation, Case No. 3:23-cv-00072, “to permit [the federal government] the opportunity to...more

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New Executive Orders Banning DEI Initiatives Spur DBE Contractors to Take ‎Action Into Their Own Hands

Last week, six organizations who represent Disadvantaged Business Enterprises moved to intervene in Mid-America Milling Company, LLC, et al. v. United States Department of Transportation, Case No. 3:23-cv-0072-GFVT-EBA. In...more

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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

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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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Federal Highway Administration Releases Guidance for DBE Program After Federal Injunction

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In late September, a federal judge entered a preliminary injunction to partially blog the United States Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program. A copy of my blog on that decision can...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

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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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Supplemental Briefing Filed in Bruckner Case

As previously discussed, the federal district court deciding Christian Bruckner’s lawsuit to enjoin the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s set-aside of 10% (around $37 billion) of transportation funding for “small...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Further Briefing Requested Regarding Scope of Bruckner’s Challenge

As we discussed in prior updates, on July 13, 2022, Christian Bruckner filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Tampa, Florida, seeking to enjoin the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s set-aside of 10% (around...more

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I-30 Widening – Reconstruction/National Environmental Policy Act: U.S. District Court (E.D. Arkansas) Addresses Request For...

United States District Judge James M. Moody (“Court”) addressed in a September 3rd Order a July 10th Motion filed by Plaintiffs seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction (“Motion”) to prohibit commencement of: . . ....more

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