Thomas Pettit

Nov 7, 2024 | mondaq.com | Thomas Pettit

AP Arnold & Porter More Arnold & Porter is a firm of more than 1,000 lawyers, providing sophisticated litigation and transactional capabilities, renowned regulatory experience and market-leading multidisciplinary practices in the life sciences and financial services industries. Our global reach, experience and deep knowledge allow us to work across geographic, cultural, technological and ideological borders.

Jul 2, 2024 | mondaq.com | Thomas Pettit

The Small Business Act and Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations establish a variety of programs to promote small businesses, including creating small business preferences and goals for government procurements and requiring large businesses to establish small business subcontracting plans. But what is a small business?

Jun 28, 2024 | arnoldporter.com | Thomas Pettit

The Small Business Act and Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations establish a variety of programs to promote small businesses, including creating small business preferences and goals for government procurements and requiring large businesses to establish small business subcontracting plans. But what is a small business?

Jan 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Ronald Lee |Thomas Pettit

At the end of December, the Department of Defense published its proposed rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. This long-anticipated issuance answered many — but not all — of the questions about how the department will implement the program. In this episode of Bona Fide Needs, Arnold and Porter's Ronald Lee and Tom Pettit discuss the proposed rule and address some of those questions contractors may be asking: What should contractors focus on immediately?

Dec 6, 2023 | mondaq.com | Michael McGill |Thomas Pettit

In Ultima Services v. the Department of Agriculture, a federal district court held that the Small Business Administration's reliance on the rebuttable presumption of disadvantage for its 8(a) business development program violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection clause. That decision created a cascade of developments, as SBA froze new 8(a) applications, and then issued clarifying guidance to 8(a) participants.