On February 21, 2025, President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) announcing an “America First Investment Policy” focused on promoting foreign investment in the United States from allies and...more
2/25/2025
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China ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
PRC ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) recently released the public version of its Annual Report to Congress for the calendar year 2023. The report shows an increasing emphasis on...more
On July 8, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would amend the...more
On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a public report that found the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not share timely data on foreign investments in agricultural land with...more
On December 12, 2023, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (the “Committee”), led by Chairman Mike Gallagher (WI), issued a wide-ranging report with...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) recently released the public version of its Annual Report to Congress for calendar year 2022. The report shows that the volume of CFIUS filings...more
After much anticipation, on August 9, 2023, the Biden Administration released an Executive Order (E.O.) outlining how the U.S. Government will begin to regulate U.S. investments in the People’s Republic of China. This E.O.,...more
8/16/2023
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
China ,
Covered Transactions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Semiconductors ,
U.S. Treasury
In accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments recently issued reports to Congress outlining the contours of a proposed outbound investment review...more
On February 10, 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) announced determinations that the United Kingdom (UK) and New Zealand have met the requisite criteria for remaining...more
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law an omnibus government spending package, which includes explanatory statements regarding outbound investment initiatives. According to media reports and official statements...more
On October 20, 2022, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), released the first-ever CFIUS Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines (the Guidelines)....more
10/24/2022
/ CFIUS ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Defense Production Act ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure-to-File ,
Foreign Investment ,
Motion for Reconsideration ,
Negligence ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Third-Party ,
TikTok
On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) that reaffirms longstanding U.S. open investment policy and elaborates and expands on the existing list of statutory factors that the Committee on Foreign...more
9/20/2022
/ CFIUS ,
Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Threats ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Manufacturers ,
National Security ,
Sensitive Business Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), recently announced several actions pertaining to its mandate under the Foreign...more
On November 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a proposed rule that would modify the definitions of “excepted foreign state” and “excepted real estate foreign state” in its regulations...more
Please join us in a discussion on the importance of M&A due diligence, where we will cover:
- Cybersecurity and ransomware;
- Corporate M&A activity;
- Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), export controls, and...more
10/19/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Cybersecurity ,
Due Diligence ,
Export Controls ,
FOCI ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Ownership ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Ransomware ,
Webinars
On September 30, 2021, at its Open Commission Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Second Report and Order (Order) adopting a set of standardized national security and law enforcement...more
10/4/2021
/ Broadcasting ,
Cable Television Providers ,
CFIUS ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
FCC ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Ownership Interest ,
Questionnaires ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Telecommunications
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) released a public version of its annual report to Congress for the calendar year 2020. The report covers transactions filed with the Committee...more
On June 15, 2021, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) issued an interim order preventing the Chinese private equity firm Wise Road Capital LTD (Wise Road) from acquiring Magnachip Semiconductor...more
The webinar will review how the Biden Administration is taking the reins on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) process, Team Telecom, and other national security regimes....more
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has established a new voluntary program designed to match critical technology companies with vetted sources of private capital. WHEN: On December 1, 2020, DOD issued a Request for...more
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, the White House released a national strategy to ensure that the United States remains a global leader in developing critical and emerging technologies (C&ET). The document lays out high-level...more
10/26/2020
/ 5G Network ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
CFIUS ,
Competition ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Policy ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
STEM ,
Trump Administration
On September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) unanimously approved its initial modernization of the inter-agency working group previously referred to as “Team Telecom” (the Committee). This...more