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PODCAST · 07 AUGUST 2023

Fastest 5 Minutes: False Claims Act, Cybersecurity (Podcast)

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This week's episode covers two notable False Claims Act settlements and the White House National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan...

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Peter Eyre
Peter Eyre
M. Yuan Zhou
M. Yuan Zhou

This week's episode covers two notable False Claims Act settlements and the White House National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan, 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.

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