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The Small Business Administration is a United States federal agency established in 1953 by the Small Business Act. The SBA is dedicated to assisting and supporting small business and entreprenuers. The SBA carries out its mission through a variety of programs including providing financial and federal contract procurement assistance, management assistance, and specialized outreach to women, minorities and armed forces veterans. less -

Are Changes Coming to EDGE in Ohio?

Frantz Ward LLP on 5/10/2024

On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its historic decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023). This decision upended decades of precedent and held that race-conscious...more

SBA 8(A) Business Program Pause: Minority-Owned Businesses Can’t Rely On SBA’s Rebuttable Presumption Of Social Disadvantage

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 9/1/2023

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee recently issued a decision holding that a rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage for certain minority groups to qualify for inclusion in the Small Business...more

SBA Provides Updated Guidance for the Continued Administration of the 8(a) Program

Clark Hill PLC on 8/28/2023

As stated in our prior legal alert, on July 19, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee enjoined the U.S. Small Business Administration from using a rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage in...more

Buckner Position for Preliminary Injunction

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 8/2/2022

As we discussed in a prior update, on July 13, 2022, Plaintiff Christian Buckner 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%...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 2021

PilieroMazza PLLC on 4/5/2021

PilieroMazza Reacts to the Rise in Violence Against the Asian-American Community - In the past year, 3,800 acts of violence were perpetrated against the Asian-American community, with a disproportionate number of these...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – March 2021

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/8/2021

Lawmakers and Professional Association Call for Extension of COVID Leave Reimbursement Provision for Contractors under the CARES Act - Government Executive reported that Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL)...more

Commercial Cleaning Franchise System Challenges SBA’s Determination of Eligibility for Paycheck Protection Program Loans Under...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/24/2020

Three members of the JANI-KING® franchise system filed suit last week in federal court in Washington, D.C. alleging that the United States Small Business Administration (the SBA) has discriminated against franchised...more

OHA Ruling Shows Danger in Proposed SBA Rule

PilieroMazza PLLC on 4/27/2015

As the saying goes, unless you have been living under a rock, then you know that SBA recently proposed new rules to create a mentor-protégé program for all small businesses. ...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2015

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/9/2015

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DOL Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Discrimination on the Basis of Sex - The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a...more

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