8/24/2026 5:07:34 PM SBA Proposes Sweeping Changes to Small Business Size Standards By Richard Oliver David Dixon Meghan Doherty Toghrul Shukurlu Jordan Holt +2 more... Show less Revised Size Standards Methodology The current SBA methodology, last updated in 2024, uses seven analytical factors to calculate size...
8/21/2026 2:11:54 PM Pillsbury’s SALT Team Recognized in Best Lawyers By Craig Becker Breann Robowski Carley Roberts Jeffrey Vesely +1 more... Show less Pillsbury’s State and Local Tax team has received recognition in the latest edition of Best Lawyers, with several attorneys honored...
8/21/2026 2:10:05 PM BIS Eases Export Controls on Certain UAVs: Key Takeaways from the August 13 Final Rule By Matthew Rabinowitz Jodi Goldberg Stephan Becker Justin Rubin Zachary Rozen +2 more... Show less On August 13, 2026, the Administration took two significant and complementary actions reshaping the regulatory landscape for unmanned...
8/20/2026 1:41:48 PM Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (8/19/26) – Single-Family Housing Investors Worry, Confidence in Multifamily REITs and Construction Backlog Falls By Jeffrey Gans In our latest roundup, U.S. Chamber of Commerce creates Housing Advisory Council, a legal battle develops over new federal rules related...
8/19/2026 5:20:37 PM Beyond the Flip: Structuring Your U.S. Expansion for Scale, Not Just Speed By Sarah Melaney Todd Rumberger Pillsbury provides emerging companies with advice on everything from formation to financing, corporate governance, technology...
8/19/2026 5:19:54 PM Beyond the Flip: Longer-Term Implications of Operating a Multinational Group Structure By Todd Rumberger Sarah Melaney Pillsbury provides emerging companies with advice on everything from formation to financing, corporate governance, technology...
8/19/2026 1:32:28 PM Trump Administration Imposes National Security Duties on UAS, in Action Coordinated with FCC and Defense Regulation By Jodi Goldberg Sahar Hafeez Julian Beach Dilan Wickrema +1 more... Show less On August 13, 2026, the White House published a Proclamation imposing duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962...
8/19/2026 1:31:07 PM The Strategic Case for Stakeholder Relations Ahead of the 2026 Midterm Elections By Craig Saperstein Aimee Ghosh Yvette Cravins Jaria Martin +1 more... Show less To achieve their public policy objectives, the most sophisticated organizations will not only lobby Congress directly; they will engage...
8/19/2026 1:27:49 PM Texas Data Center Interconnections Face New Audit Gate After Governor Abbott Directive By Adam Weaver Stephen Humes The directive was issued amid extraordinary queue pressure. The Governor’s letter cites approximately 474 GW of pending requests to...
8/18/2026 5:07:30 PM Eleventh Circuit Holds S Corporation Election Is Not Property of the Bankruptcy Estate By Andrew Troop Nora Burke Larry Sannicandro Baylee Beeman Darianne De Leon +2 more... Show less For an S corp in chapter 11, the tax treatment of income and gain can directly affect creditor recoveries following an asset sale or...
8/17/2026 1:37:55 PM White House Issues Sweeping Executive Order Targeting Defense Supply Chains and Critical Materials By Sahar Hafeez Meghan Doherty Benjamin Cote Aaron Ralph +1 more... Show less the Department of War (DoW) to significantly tighten waivers for sourcing requirements for “covered materials” under 10 U.S.C. § 4872...
8/14/2026 1:13:51 PM Preserving Insurance Coverage Rights in Corporate Transactions By Patrick Blood David Klein Corporate transactions are carefully negotiated to allocate assets and liabilities. However, one valuable asset is frequently overlooked...
8/14/2026 1:13:43 PM SBA Overhauls 8(a) Program’s Social Disadvantage Standard By Richard Oliver David Dixon Matt Carter Toghrul Shukurlu +1 more... Show less The 8(a) Program creates contracting preferences for small businesses owned and controlled by “socially and economically disadvantaged”...
8/14/2026 1:10:26 PM Trump Administration Targets Imports of Polysilicon and Derivative Products By Sahar Hafeez Julian Beach Marcus Burden Daniel Steinfeld +1 more... Show less As described below, President Trump concurred with Commerce’s finding that imports of polysilicon and its derivatives threaten U.S....
8/13/2026 1:37:25 PM Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (8/12/26) – Data Center Momentum Increases, Multifamily Construction Projects Decline, CRE Returns as Top Investor Preference By Jeffrey Gans In our latest roundup, office vacancies fall, fair housing advocacy groups sue HUD, foreign buyers reduce purchases of U.S. residential...
8/12/2026 5:39:42 PM Commerce Department Implements Export Restrictions on Black Mass in Electrical and Electronic Waste and Tungsten Waste and Scrap By Sahar Hafeez Ashleigh Myers Meghan Hammond Elina Teplinsky +1 more... Show less The action is intended to reduce foreign dependencies on critical minerals by incentivizing recovery from finished goods and scrap and...