This week's episode covers a DoD final rule that revises DFARS 252.244-7000 (Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services), a protest decision relating to key personnel, and a DOJ resolution demonstrating the application of the new safe harbor policy for voluntary self-disclosures made in connection with mergers and acquisitions, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. 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.

Fastest 5 Minutes: Commercial Products and Services

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Savanna Williams talk to Paul Pollock and Wayne Pryor about how private equity (PE) got its start in the health care industry, current trends in PE regulation, and where listeners can expect to see PE to continue investing in the industry.  

This podcast episode features the following speakers: 

• Paul Pollock is a partner in Crowell’s New York office and concentrates his practice on mergers, and acquisitions, and corporate finance, specifically in the health care industry.

• Wayne Pryor is Managing Director in VMG Health’s Financial Due Diligence Division in the Nashville office.  He has over 30 years of experience in the health care industry with a focus on transaction surfaces.  Wayne has worked on over 450 buy-side and sell-side transactions in every sub sector of the industry, ranging from $1 million to $10 billion deals.

The Past, Present, and Future of Private Equity’s Role in Health Care

Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, Rob Sneckenberg and Anuj Vohra discuss a recent Federal Circuit decision that may open new doors for prospective protesters.

Materials Discussed in This Episode:

Avue Technologies Corp. v. HHS (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2024)

(https://www.crowell.com/a/web/oAXAy1nw58voyN4uDbi35k/avue-technologies-fed-cir-mar-2024-eula-standing.pdf)

All Things Protest: Did the Federal Circuit Open Another Jurisdictional Door for Protests?

This week’s episode covers an OMB memo directing agencies to advance AI governance and innovation, a bid protest involving compliance with the Trade Agreements Act, and an updated Secure Software Development Attestation Form that must be used by certain software producers and suppliers of products containing software, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. 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.

Fastest 5 Minutes: AI Governance, Bid Protests, Software Attestation

&Motion visits with Pyrra co-founder, Bec Jones, to discuss her team’s analysis of data from unmoderated social media sites relating to the EV industry. Link to the full presentation here: https://youtu.be/IpQPQ8hZYjA?si=RYF-kJSDZXuaTwo-

&Motion: EVs and Disinformation – An Update From Pyrra Technologies

This week’s episode covers a final rule updating the FAR to add Part 40 on information security and supply chain security, a notice of proposed rulemaking detailing how companies will have to comply with the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, and a bid protest decision involving inadvertent disclosure of source selection information, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. 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.

Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Part 40, Cyber Reporting, Bid Protest

Nicole Owren-Wiest and Erin Rankin talk TINA. What is the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act, formerly known as the Truth in Negotiations Act? When are contractors and subcontractors required to provide certified cost or pricing data? And what does Nicole’s Cookie Monster coffee mug have to do with it? “It All Adds Up” is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest government contract accounting, cost, and pricing developments.

It All Adds Up: Cards Face Up

&Motion meets with Saferide's founder and CEO, Will Bright, to discuss the technology innovations that Saferide is bringing to market. &Motion Podcast, a podcast addressing all things related to the transportation industry hosted by Paul Keller.

Saferide – "CAN Bus Innovations: Old Car, New Safety"

This week’s episode covers a GSA Acquisition Letter on the use of upfront payments for acquisitions of cloud-based SaaS offerings, an OMB final rule that revised the Uniform Guidance for grants, cooperative agreements, and other federal financial assistance, and a DOD OIG report focusing on financial responsibility reviews, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. 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.

Fastest 5 Minutes: GSA Guidance, Grants, Financial Responsibility Reviews

Global Trade Talks is a podcast that shares brief perspectives on key global issues on international trade, current events, business, law, and public policy as they impact our lives. In this session, hosts and International Trade Practice Leaders Nicole Simonian and Dj Wolff talk with Crowell lawyers Jeremy Iloulian and Laurel Saito about the significant new sanctions and export control authorities included in the recently enacted National Security Supplemental fiscal package. While this legislation is best known for providing U.S. foreign aid commitments for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, it also contains critical trade related provisions that (i) expand the statute of limitations for U.S. sanctions violations; (ii) give the President new authorities to coordinate sanction efforts with the US and UK; (iii) expand sanctions and export controls on Iran (with some targeting Chinese financial institutions); and (iv) provide for new sanctions authorities targeting terror groups.

Global Trade Talks: Expanded U.S. Sanctions and Export Control Authorities

This week’s episode covers cybersecurity updates, a proposed rule regarding prohibition on semiconductors produced by certain Chinese manufacturers, DOL guidance entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Equal Employment Opportunity for Federal Contractors,” and two settlements under the civil False Claims Act, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. 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.

Fastest 5 Minutes: Cyber, Semiconductors, AI, False Claims Act

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Fastest 5 Minutes: Commercial Products and Services

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