O’Riordan Bethel is continuously monitoring changes to the schedules of the courts and administrative bodies where we represent our clients. While many courts have announced changes in hours, access, etc., other adjudicative bodies continue business as usual. Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. As of 3/16/2020, no announcements of changes to normal procedures. Civilian Board...
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O’Riordan Bethel’s Response to COVID-19 and Our Commitment to You
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread in the U.S. and across the globe, we want to take a moment to let you know what O’Riordan Bethel is doing to respond to this public health emergency. First and foremost, O’Riordan Bethel’s number one priority is the safety and well-being of our people, clients, families,...
Recent USDOT Decision Clarifies Requirements when Looking to Expand DBE NAICS Codes
By: Andrew Campbell and Taimur Rabbani, Esq. Getting certification as Maryland Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) or Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) can often be challenging, in part because the disadvantaged owners of company must be able to show that they have the ability to make day-to-day, as well as long-term decisions, on matters of management, policy,...
OHA Decides 3-Year Gross Receipts Standard Still Applies
By: Anthony J. Marchese, Esq. and Andrew Campbell In addition to the GAO decision mentioned in our previous blog, another case was brought against SBA’s decision to not adhere to the Runway Extension Act immediately after it became law. This time, SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) heard the case and ruled that the...
GAO Decides on Runway Extension Act
By: Anthony J. Marchese, Esq. and Andrew Campbell As we noted in our previous blog, the SBA responded to the 2018 Runway Extension Act by asserting that until it promulgates a rule to reflect the new five-year gross receipts size standard, the three-year standard remains the law of the land. Of course, SBA has yet...
2018 Small Business Runway Extension Act
By Taimur Rabbani, Esq and Andrew Campbell On December 17, 2018, the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 (Runway Extension Act) was signed into law. The law was designed to change how certain companies evaluated their historical revenues when determining whether or not they qualified as a small business. The SBA to date has...
Proposed Changes to SBA’s HUBZone Program
By Taimur Rabbani and Andrew Campbell SBA HUBZone Program Since 1997, the Small Business Administration’s Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program has spurred economic development in non-metropolitan, underdeveloped and impoverished areas by providing federal contracting assistance to small businesses located in these areas. The HUBZone program, unlike other federal contracting assistance programs like SBA’s 8(a)...
Congratulations to IH Services, Inc.
O’Riordan Bethel congratulates its client IH Services, Inc.! The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has certified IH Services as a Maryland Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) as well as a Maryland Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). IH Services is now an MDOT certified DBE/MBE for Environmental Consulting Services. Baltimore, Md.-Based IH Services, Inc. specializes in the oversight...
Deputy AG’s Speech Puts Focus on Prosecution of Individuals
By Pamela J. Bethel In a much-publicized speech on September 10 at the New York University School of Law, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates set forth what she said was a new Justice Department policy to go after “not just corporate entities, but also the individuals through which these corporations act.” The new guidelines,...
D.C. Circuit Rules Correctly, Again, on Attorney-Client Privilege Issue
By Pamela J. Bethel About a year ago, we wrote in this space in support of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that permitted companies to assert attorney-client privilege for internal documents created in the course of a bona fide investigation by in-house counsel. In this case, Kellogg Brown...