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SBA Regulatory Changes Affect Relationships Between Small and Large Businesses

Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.09.16

On May 31, 2016, SBA published the final rule, effective June 30, implementing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013. Considering the critical importance of these changes on size status and teaming relationships between large and small businesses, Crowell & Moring is posting a series of blog posts to cover the wide range of impacts that this rule will have on such topics as limitations on subcontracting, small business subcontracting plans, penalties, affiliation, and the non-manufacturer rule.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.01.26

Supreme Court Rejects “Mere Knowledge” Standard for Contributory Copyright Infringement in Cox v. Sony, Reverses $1 Billion Judgment Against Cox

On March 25, 2026, in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a $1 billion verdict against Cox. The judgment was the result of a jury trial in which Sony claimed that Cox was liable for contributory copyright infringement because it knew that its customers were using its service to infringe yet did not respond with sufficient diligence to prevent that infringement....