Look Out SBA, Use of A Race-Based Rebuttable Presumption for 8(a) Qualification Is Unconstitutional

Michael Best is pleased to announce that Nicole Murphey has been appointed to serve a three-year-term on the North Carolina District Export Council (NCDEC) by its Executive Board.   

There’s a business I think about sometimes. Third-generation manufacturer, about 80 employees, solid customer base, founder in his late 60s still running the show. His…

On February 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would rescind the 2024 Independent Contractor Rule and largely reinstate the 2021 framework for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under federal law.