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In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit helped clarify which facts may be considered by a district court in its “exceptional case” determination to award attorneys’ fees pursuant to Section 285.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1884, -1886 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2024)

On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would significantly change the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program and other small business programs, including the 8(a) Program and the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program.

On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would significantly change the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program and other small business programs, including the 8(a) Program and the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program.

September 19, 2024 Comments are due by October 7, 2024. Industry Group Leader Associate On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued...

On September 16, the Internal Revenue Service issued a Notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing regarding potential amendments to policies that govern which benefits provided by Indian Tribal government programs qualify as tribal general welfare benefits, and therefore are subject to potential exclusion from recipients’ gross income for tax purposes. The proposed amendments are intended to integrate sections of the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act and section 139E of the Internal Revenue Code. Comments are due December 16, 2024.

On October 25, the Small Business Administration proposed a rule intended to increase small business participation in multiple-award contracts. The rule would apply the “Rule of Two” to task and delivery orders issued under multiple-award contracts, with some exceptions. It would not apply to an agency’s decision as to which contract vehicle will be used for a requirement. Instead, the intent of the proposed rule is to require contracting agencies who use multiple-award contracts with small-business seat holders to set aside more task and delivery orders for those small businesses.

October 25, 2024 Of Counsel The IRS has recently released its inflation-adjusted contribution limits for certain tax-advantaged welfare accounts....

In Mid-America Milling Company v. United States Department of Transportation, Case No. 3:23-cv-00072 (“ Mid-America ”), the plaintiffs challenged the United States Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) use of a rebuttable presumption when determining if an individual is socially disadvantaged for purposes of the DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program (“DBE Program”). The plaintiff in Mid-America argued that the DOT’s use of a rebuttable presumption that businesses owned by women and certain races and ethnicities are socially disadvantaged is unconstitutional disparate treatment on the basis of race and sex.

Portland, like many U.S. metro areas, has an abundance of office vacancies and a shortage of housing. These issues are not news, but rather an obvious — and fixable — disconnect between two real estate market sectors. Thoughtful, intentional and responsible public-private partnership, with local and state legislative and executive support, can remedy these two problems at once.