SBA Opens the Floodgates: The New Government-wide Mentor-Protégé Program Webinar
Webinar | 08.04.16, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT
On July 25, 2016, the SBA published the highly-anticipated final rule establishing a government-wide mentor-protégé program for the benefit of all small businesses, and changing certain provisions of the 8(a) business development program to harmonize the programs to the greatest extent possible. The government-wide program will significantly expand the pool of companies that can qualify as protégés and for which mentors have unique investment and joint venture opportunities to leverage on set-aside procurements. While this rule increases the opportunity for small and large businesses to partner with one another, it also imposes a complex regulatory scheme and establishes severe consequences for violations of SBA’s rules, mentor-protégé agreements, and/or joint venture agreements. For that reason, companies need to know what to expect and how to navigate the program requirements to most effectively reap the benefits.
Please join Crowell & Moring for a discussion of the following key areas:
- The rules governing the new government-wide mentor-protégé program
- Eligibility requirements for mentors and protégés and to compete as joint ventures
- Changes to the 8(a) business development mentor-protégé program
- Impacts on other agencies’ existing mentor-protégé programs
- How to best prepare for the new mentor-protégé application process and anticipate the impact of the program on the procurement landscape
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Rethinking "the Administrative State" - Takeaways From the Supreme Court's 2025–26 Term
The Supreme Court's 2025–26 term took up several momentous cases that will influence and, in key respects, reorient constitutional separation-of-powers principles moving forward. Join the D.C. Bar Administrative Law and Agency Practice Community for a discussion of the key takeaways from the Supreme Court's 2025-26 term. This panel will examine decisions addressing the scope of executive branch authority, including cases involving tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the removal of leaders of so-called independent agencies. The discussion will also address significant orders issued on the Court's emergency docket and what these decisions and orders signal about the distinct roles the three branches of federal government play in shaping the administrative state.
