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Oct 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Whitney Alston |Matt Carter |Richard Oliver
With the recent Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action in college admissions, similar statutory presumptions of disadvantage, such as DOT’s DBE program, are susceptible to similar challenge. Takeaways The Court issued a preliminary injunction, preventing the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) from the use of gender- and race-based rebuttable presumptions for contracts utilizing DBE goals.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matt Carter |Richard Oliver |Aaron Ralph
If the proposed rule is adopted, contractors will no longer qualify for set aside orders and agreements under multiple award IDIQ contracts after a disqualifying recertification. Takeaways The proposed rule makes many changes to SBA programs to promote uniformity across size regulations and various socioeconomic programs.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
ever-metal.com | Richard Oliver
Amorphis – Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Live At Tavastia)Reigning Phoenix MusicRelease Date: 12/07/2024Running Time: 54:00Review by Richard Oliver7/10When it comes to the evolution of Extreme Metal and Progressive Metal, 1994’s “Tales From The Thousand Lakes” album by Amorphis is one of the most important and influential metal albums ever released.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matt Carter |Richard Oliver
[co-author: Karina Damian]The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction against sections of the U.S. Department of Labor’s recently issued Davis-Bacon Act regulation amendments. The Court enjoined the problematic sections of the rule, finding that those sections of the rule violate the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) statutory language, the congressional intent for the scope of the Act, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | John A. Jensen |Richard Oliver |Aaron Ralph
The Small Business Administration has issued a direct final rule requiring that Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses be certified by its VetCert program in order for agencies and prime contractors to receive credit towards SDVOSB contracting goals. TAKEAWAYS Effective August 5, 2024, proposals submitted by self-certified SDVOSBs will not generate prime contract and subcontract credit towards SDVOSB contracting goals.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
ever-metal.com | Richard Oliver
Evildead – Toxic GraceSteamhammer RecordsRelease Date: 24/05/2024Running Time: 40:39Review by Richard Oliver7/10California thrashers Evildead are back with their fourth album “Toxic Grace” and their second album post-reformation.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
ever-metal.com | Richard Oliver
Coffin Storm – Arcana RisingPeaceville RecordsRelease Date: 29/03/24Running Time: 44:54Review by Richard Oliver8/10Coffin Storm is a union of three legendary metal musicians from the Kolbotn region of Norway which is south of Oslo. The three members which makes up this heavy metal power trio are Apollyon (of Aura Noir), Bestial Tormentor (of Infernö) and Fenriz (of Darkthrone).
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
ever-metal.com | Richard Oliver
Khold – Du dømmes til DødSoulseller RecordsRelease Date: 22/03/2024Running Time: 32:56Review by Richard Oliver8/10Formed in 2000 by two members of Tulus, Khold have been flying the flag for Norwegian black metal for over twenty years with a very straightforward approach to the genre which hasn’t changed all that much across multiple albums and very much continues on the band’s eighth album “Du dømmes til Død”.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
ever-metal.com | Richard Oliver
Release Date: Reviewed by [Reviewed-by]Score: Devastator – Conjurers Of CrueltyListenable RecordsRelease Date: 01/03/2024Running Time: 51:14Review by Richard Oliver9/10It is refreshing to see that even in 2024 that the old ways of metal are still going strong. From bands playing traditional heavy metal to classic sounding doom to old school death metal, there is a whole new generation of bands paying homage to the metal sounds of yesteryear and ensuring that true metal stays alive and well.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
ever-metal.com | Richard Oliver
Dust Bolt – Sound & FuryAFM RecordsRelease Date: 23/02/2024Running Time: 45:36Review by Richard Oliver4/10Being a thrash metal purist, I can understand that it has limitations as a genre. The genre has been going since the early 1980’s and whilst ideas can and have run out for a lot of bands, thrash can still sound absolutely amazing when it is played with passion and conviction and it is easy to identify the bands that still live for thrash and those that phone it in.
