Fastest 5 Minutes: How Marijuana Laws Affect Government Contractors (February 12)
Podcast | 02.12.20
In this special edition, partners Tom Gies and Trina Fairley Barlow discuss legal issues government contractors face with regards to the implications of state laws legalizing marijuana use on employer drug testing programs. 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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