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Teaming Agreement Tips and Tricks
If you are a small business, most likely you will first encounter a teaming agreement when you’ve been asked to be a proposed subcontractor for a procurement. You will asked to sign a teaming agreement drafted by the proposed prime. …
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Supreme Court Rules in favor of VOSBs and SDVOSBs
The Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States which will have the result of increasing the number of opportunities Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) will have …
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SBA Issues New Rule on Limitations on Subcontracting
On May 31, 2016 the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued regulations implementing certain provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013. One of the key provisions in the new rule addresses “Limitations on Subcontracting.” Contracting Officers must …
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A Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture is Not Eligible to Bid on a SDVOSB Set-Aside Contract
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations require a joint venture intending to bid on a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside contract to satisfy certain requirements, the most important of which is that all members to the joint venture …
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Tips on How to Respond to a Subpoena
There are as many important issues relating to the rights of the business that receives a subpoena as the rights of the litigation parties. While a subpoena is a court-ordered document which compels a response and cannot just be ignored,… -
Judge Rules FBI Physical Fitness Test Constitutes Illegal Gender Discrimination
Federal District Court Judge Rules that FBI Physical Fitness Test with differing standards for Men and Women Constitutes Illegal Gender Discrimination Under Title VII
Virginia Federal District Court Judge T.S. Ellis granted a disappointed FBI candidate summary judgment in his …
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Unfair Business Practices – Lying to Induce Franchise Agreement Can Result in Broad Protection for the Deceived
A recent case (Bans Pasta LLC v. Mirko Franchising LLC) began when franchisees claimed they were misled and induced into buying a franchise after being shown inaccurate financial documents which the franchisors claimed was a depiction of what they …
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Insurer Required to Defend Defamation Claim Based on Blog Post
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has recently held that an insurer must defend a lawsuit alleging defamation and other business torts stemming from a blog post on the insured’s website. State Farm Fire and …
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Importance of Narrowly Tailoring Geographic Limitations in Agreements
Wings LLC, a company that specializes in vehicle interior repair, had its motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction denied on March 6th, 2014. Wings was attempting to enforce noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements signed by two of …
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Small Business Legislative & Regulatory Update
Proposed Changes to the FAR Regarding 8(a) Program Contracts
DoD, GSA and NASA have proposed amending the FAR to provide guidance on an 8(a)’s ability to continue to accept orders after its departure from the program and provisions related to …
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