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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 -

Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Loan Fraud: A Survey & Analysis of Recent Civil & Criminal Enforcement Outcomes

Benesch on 4/15/2025

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was a federal law enacted in or around March 2020 designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who were suffering the...more

Trump Administration Revises SBA’s Small Business Goals

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/28/2025

On January 24, the SBA announced updated small business contracting goals for fiscal year 2025, significantly decreasing some goals and standardizing targets across federal agencies. These changes bring the small business...more

Federal Government Small Business Contracting Goals

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 2/17/2025

Federal government agencies propound small business contracting goals that guide other agencies with regard to how much of their contracting dollars should be awarded to small businesses. The SBA conducts an annual review and...more

Paycheck Protection Program: FAQs For Microbusinesses - UPDATED March 2021 #3

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 4/1/2021

On December 27, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The Act includes a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, known as the “Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and...more

Zeroing In: Early Trends In White-Collar Prosecutions Under Biden’s DOJ

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/12/2021

If the Biden administration's early moves are any indicator, its Department of Justice (DOJ) is poised to devote more time and energy to the prosecution of white-collar crime than it did under the Trump administration, when...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 7

Hogan Lovells on 1/13/2021

In Washington: The Trump administration will no longer hold back the second dose of a coronavirus vaccine in order to speed up inoculations. The changes are a departure from current policy and align with a plan unveiled by...more

November 2020: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 12/7/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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