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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 | 12.31.25

Raising the Bar: New York Expands Consumer Protection Law with FAIR Business Practices Act

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law the most significant update to New York’s consumer protection law in 45 years — the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act, or FAIR Business Practices Act — expanding the scope of the state’s authority to now challenge unfair and abusive business practices. The measure, backed by New York Attorney General (“AG”) Letitia James and signed on December 19, 2025, amends New York’s General Business Law § 349, giving regulators new tools to protect consumers and promote fair marketplace practices....