SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors
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As part of its 2025 Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act, Maryland is introducing a 3% sales and use tax on a broad range of information technology (IT) services, effective July 1, 2025. This “tech tax” is designed to...more
On March 27, 2024, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law House Bill (HB) 4127, which will impose notice and recordkeeping requirements on covered employers of certain warehouse workers when using quotas to measure worker...more
Beginning April 1, 2024, California's minimum wage for fast food employees will increase to $20 per hour. This change is the result of Governor Newsom signing AB1228 (also known as the Fast Food Franchisor Responsibility Act)...more
Certain construction workers and other employees in the construction industry must be paid the entire balance of accrued and unused paid sick leave if those workers separate from employment before they reach their 90th day of...more
The stringent law introduces several novel obligations and a unique approach to determining applicability that may broaden its reach. On June 18, 2023, Texas enacted the Texas Data Privacy & Security Act (TDPSA), which...more
On April 27, 2023, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule, finalizing a September 9, 2022 proposed rule, and making a myriad of changes to the Small Business Regulations. Those changes are effective at...more
Governor Newsom signed SB 1162 into law on September 27 (effective January 1, 2023), imposing several new wage transparency reporting requirements on employers in California, and aligning California with Washington, Colorado,...more
On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom approved Assembly Bill 685, which imposes enhanced notice and recordkeeping obligations on employers and expands Cal/OSHA’s enforcement powers. These provisions are set to expire January...more
Being a small business can have its advantages. Federal procurement rules provide that certain contracting opportunities may be set-aside for small business competition. Small businesses also may be exempt from certain...more
December of 2018 brought many potential changes to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) regulations that impact small businesses. First, on December 4, 2018, the SBA issued a lengthy proposed rule implementing...more
Late last year, President Trump signed into law H.R. 6330, the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 (the “Runway Extension Act”). As detailed in our client alert on the Runway Extension Act, this law extends the...more
The Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 extends the measurement period from three to at least five years for contractors under revenue-based size standards to determine small business eligibility. The Runway Act...more
On December 17, 2018, the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 (“Act”) (H.R. 6330) was passed by President Trump into law. ...more
On December 17, 2018, President Trump signed into law H.R. 6330, the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 (the “Runway Act”). The Runway Act extends the measurement period for determining whether a contractor qualifies...more
President Trump signed a bill into law that changes the look-back period for determining small businesses' size status from three years to five. The change means that the size of a contractor will be measured by averaging the...more