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...
Category: Small Business
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)...
The SBA’s Guide to the Ostensible Contractor Rule
By Grace Mahan In a recent size appeal decision, Emergent, Inc., SBA No. SIZ-5875, the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA) reinforced the criteria it uses to evaluate the “ostensible subcontractor” rule. The rule provides that when a prime contractor is unusually reliant on a subcontractor or when a subcontractor is...
New SBA Mentor-Protégé Program Creates Opportunities for Small Business
On July 25, 2016, the federal Small Business Administration issued a final rule – effective August 24, 2016 – establishing a mentor-protégé program for all small business concerns. Although this new program resembles the existing mentor-protégé program for 8(a) firms, it is a distinct program that permits all small business concerns to participate in mentor-protégé...
Our Client, Dr. Kimberly Brown, Featured in Newspaper Profile
Our client, Dr. Kimberly Brown, who is president and CEO of Baltimore-based Amethyst Technologies, was featured in an article in the Baltimore Times on May 13, 2016. Dr. Brown founded the company in 2006, and it now has annual revenue of about $2 million and clients that include the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,...
Congratulations to Rath Enterprises, Inc.
Congratulations to Rath Enterprises, Inc. DC’s Department of Transportation has certified Rath as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. DC-based Rath Enterprises, Inc. (http://www.rathinc.com/about.html) is capable of performing all aspects of environmental remediation and demolition services, including asbestos & lead removal, along with the remediation of mold, contaminated transformers, batteries, ballast, PCB oil and more. It already...
Social Media: A Whole New Type of E-Service
There are a few different ways your business could be served with legal process. For instance, a corporation can be served through service on its officers, directors, or registered agents. A corporation can also be served through service on certain state officials. But your business should be aware of the possibility that it could be...
M. Luis Construction Opens New Facility
The O’Riordan Bethel Law firm congratulates its client the M. Luis Construction Co. on the opening of a new asphalt facility in Glen Burnie, Md. For the owners of the M. Luis Construction Co., Cidalia Luis-Akbar and Natalia Luis, this marks their second asphalt manufacturing facility in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The new plant will...
Our Clients at M. Luis Construction Receive Small Business Accolade
The O’Riordan Bethel Law Firm is proud to join the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce in congratulating Cidalia Luis-Akbar and Natalia Luis of M. Luis Construction Co. on being awarded the Chamber’s Small Business Leader of the Year Award for 2015. The award will be presented at the MCCC’s 2015 Business Awards Dinner on November...