August 04, 2014
The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Small Business Administration on Monday defended their use of federal programs designed to give minority-owned small businesses a leg up in some government contract competitions, saying the programs are narrowly tailored to meet unrebutted evidence of disparities in business opportunities.
June 17, 2014
The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Small Business Administration fired back Monday against a lawsuit looking to overturn federal laws that give minority-owned small businesses a leg up in some government contract competitions, asking a federal court to toss the lawsuit because the program plainly satisfies constitutional requirements.
May 27, 2014
The Pacific Legal Foundation and Mountain States Legal Foundation added their weight to a suit over federal laws that give minority-owned small businesses a leg up in some government contract competitions, saying Friday that the government has overreached in creating remedies without adequate evidence of past discrimination.
May 16, 2014
Rothe Development Inc. on Thursday urged a federal judge to declare as unconstitutional a statute that gives minority-owned small businesses a leg up when seeking government contracts, arguing that U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Small Business Administration can't prove that any discrimination against such groups exists.
May 10, 2012
Rothe Development Inc. launched a suit Wednesday to block the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Small Business Administration from giving a leg up to minority-owned small businesses seeking government contracts, arguing the practice is unconstitutional.