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Key Small Business Provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013
Section 1641 – Small Business Mentor-Protégé Program
- Authorizes SBA to establish a Mentor-Protégé Program for small businesses
- Small business Mentor-Protgege Program should be “identical” to 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program
- Agencies other than SBA cannot establish a Mentor-Protégé Program unless the agency
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Business Breakups
The Russian author Leo Tolstoy famously said in his novel Anna Karenina that “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” While Tolstoy was writing about 19th Century Russia, this quote is equally prescient …
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Bid Protest News You Can Use
On November 13, the Government Accountability Office made its annual report to Congress which includes the hotly anticipated bid protest statistics report. Ok, not so hotly anticipated, but it is always interesting. Also included in the annual report is a …
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Supervisors Can Now be Sued Individually for Wrongful Discharge
The Supreme Court of Virginia found that an individual supervisor can be sued for wrongful discharge in VanBuren v. Grubb (click here for opinion). The Court held that Virginia law recognizes a common law tort claim of wrongful discharge …
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Federal Court Denies Aldevra-Type Protest
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, the US Court of Federal Claims issued a much-anticipated decision in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States. Kingdomware filed a protest at the Court challenging the VA’s use of the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) …
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Final Rule Issued Re: Reporting Executive Compensation
On July 26, 2012, the FAR Council issued a final rule entitled “Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.” The final rule follows an interim rule issued on the same subject on July 8, 2010. Both the interim and final …
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Are Unpaid Internships Legal?
For many college students, summer is a time for them to build skills through summer internships. Employers are also frequently attracted to the use of unpaid interns, especially in this era of budget tightening. Many employers, however, are not aware …
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Virginia Supreme Court overturned a multi-million dollar goodwill damages award
Recently in the case of 21st Century Systems, Inc. v. Perot Systems Government Services, Inc. (“Perot Sytems”) (available here), the Virginia Supreme Court overturned a multi-million dollar goodwill damages award. On appeal, the Virginia Supreme Court …
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Constant bickering among partner-siblings results in a judge dissolving their partnership
In Russell Realty Associates, et al. v. C. Edward Russell, Jr., the Supreme Court of Virginia upheld a trial court’s order that dissolved a partnership due to discord between the partners which “frustrated the economic purpose” of the partnership …
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A Federal Judge in Virginia Applies a Different State’s Law to a Non-Compete Through a Choice of Law Clause
In Western Industries-North, LLP v. Lessard, et al., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33683, United States District Judge James Cacheris, a U.S. District Court Judge in Alexandria, Virginia, recently granted a plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order based on …
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