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Article by: Aaron Jackson, Partner Fifteen years ago, I led legal operations for a Department of Defense mission in the jungles of Central America. As our team began planning for redeployment back home, I identified a potential risk in our future operations plan. As a “long-shot” to get ahead of the risk, I located...

Article by: Matthew Saliman, Associate The Supreme Court is being asked to weigh in on a significant personal jurisdiction dispute that could have meaningful implications for international contractors and cross-border transactions. In Société Générale de Banque au Liban SAL v. Lelchook, No. 25-983, a Lebanese bank seeks review of a Second Circuit decision holding...

Article by: Rory Hatch, Associate In our previous post, we covered the DOL’s independent contractor classification changeup. The Wage and Hour Division issued guidance in May 2025 that the 2024 Rule would be traded for the more flexible “economic realities” framework from the 2008 Fact Sheet. At the time, we noted that a proposed...

Article by: Rory Hatch, Associate Redesignated HUBZone Areas July 1, 2026 is a critical date for thousands of HUBZone-certified small businesses across the country. When the SBA updated the HUBZone map on July 1, 2023 — reflecting data from the 2020 U.S. Census — many areas that previously qualified as Historically Underutilized Business Zones...

Article by: Nicholas Hopkins, Associate On February 5, 2026, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained the protest of Morrish‑Wallace Construction d/b/a Ryba Marine Construction Co., B‑423796.2, ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers improperly awarded the contract due to awardee’s failure to acknowledge a material solicitation amendment, a bid defect that cannot be cured...

Article by: Matthew Saliman, Associate Last week, the Department of War finalized a major restructuring of its arms transfer and security cooperation enterprise. The move implements a November 7, 2025 memorandum that directed the realignment of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and the Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) from the Under Secretary for...