The Biden Administration has issued its long-awaited Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern (“EO”), which will create a new...more
8/11/2023
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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reviewed a record number of transactions for national security risks in 2022: 440 covered transactions, up from 436 transactions in 2021, according to its...more
On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) identifying economic sectors that merit special attention for review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee)....more
9/20/2022
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On October 10, 2018, the US Department of the Treasury launched a significant pilot program to implement part of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) while final rules are being crafted. The pilot...more
10/17/2018
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On August 1, 2018, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA). The House of Representatives passed the same bill last week, and it will now go to the President for his signature....more
In its latest report to Congress, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the US government's interagency body that vets foreign investment with national security implications, reported that it...more
6/6/2016
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