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Racial Bias 8(a) Program

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The SBA Makes Significant Changes to 8(a) Program

The changes come in response to a court injunction declaring rebuttable presumption for social disadvantage unconstitutional. All pending SBA 8(a) program applications are currently suspended due to an injunction issued by...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

District Court Rules SBA Presumption of Social Disadvantage Is Unconstitutional

On Thursday, July 20, 2023, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued an order in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dept. of Agric., 2:20-CV-00041, finding that the rebuttable presumption (legal...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is the SBA’s 8(a) Minority Business Development Program Constitutional?

The constitutionality of small business programs has been a significant topic of debate over the past few years. The U. S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently upheld the constitutionality of the Small Business...more

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