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The Current Suspension/Debarment Landscape

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 05.25.17

With the federal suspension/debarment processes becoming more collaborative, contractors find themselves facing new agencies and new (and, generally, longer-lasting) procedures when dealing with suspending and debarring officials. David Robbins, Angela Styles & Peter Eyre cover the most recent changes in federal suspension, debarment, and proactive disclosure practice in Not Your Grandfather’s Suspension & Debarment: How Contractors Can Prepare For and Defend Against Today’s Exclusions.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.07.26

Missouri AG Sues Kansas City Over Race- and Sex-Based Contracting Program

On July 22, 2026, Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Kansas City, Missouri, challenging the city’s longstanding Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) program as unconstitutional. The AG filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri alongside private plaintiffs Charles Cacioppo Jr. and his company, Industrial Salvage and Wrecking Co....