Fastest 5 Minutes: Protest Timeliness, Minimum Wage for Contractors, Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface
Podcast | 12.13.21
This week's episode covers a new Federal Circuit decision on bid protest timeliness, a final DOL rule on minimum wage for federal contractors, the DOL’s new Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface, a GAO report on DOD’s approach to intellectual property, and a White House announcement relating to procurement opportunities for small disadvantaged businesses, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Monica Sterling. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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Host Megan Beaver talks to Alex Lucas and Jason Mayer about the No Surprises Act, a 2021 law designed to protect patients from unexpected medical bills, the federal independent dispute resolution process it created, the challenges that have plagued that process, and the new federal rule issued on June 4, 2026. The episode also covers the growing wave of enforcement litigation and what’s on the horizon for IDR.
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Fastest 5 Minutes: Fixed-Price Contracting, Protests, CAS, Supply Chain


