Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more
11/2/2022
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Annual Reports ,
Biden Administration ,
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China ,
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Foreign Investment ,
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Infrastructure ,
Mergers ,
Stock Options
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in its role as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), released the public version of its Annual Report to Congress for Calendar Year 2021 (Annual...more
8/24/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Due Diligence ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Filing Requirements ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Trade ,
National Security
The interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) hosted its 2022 Inaugural Conference on June 16, 2022. In its capacity as chair of CFIUS, the U.S. Department of the Treasury...more
7/6/2022
/ Big Data ,
CFIUS ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Intelligence Agencies ,
National Security ,
Risk Mitigation ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
After 26 and a half years, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has practically ceased to exist as of July 1, 2020, and has been replaced by United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Because many of NAFTA's...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has proposed a rule implementing the terms of President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13873 (the EO) on securing the United States' information and communications technology and...more
12/27/2019
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Cross-Border Transactions ,
Digital Communications ,
Executive Orders ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
National Security ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Proposed Rules ,
Screening Procedures ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently made several changes to the survey form for the mandatory BE-140 Benchmark Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies with Foreign...more
• National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton issued a statement threatening sanctions against non-U.S. banks for facilitating illegitimate transactions with certain Venezuelan individuals and entities.
• This...more
3/14/2019
/ Banking Sector ,
Blocked Entities ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
Foreign Relations ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
SDN List ,
Secondary Sanctions ,
Venezuela
Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more
2/1/2019
/ Arbitration ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
FEHA ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Forum Selection ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Labor Laws ,
Minimum Wage ,
State Labor Laws ,
USPTO ,
Wage and Hour ,
Woman Board Members
• President Donald Trump signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) into law on Aug. 13, 2018. Among other things, the NDAA contains the Foreign Investment Risk Review...more
8/17/2018
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Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Controls ,
Filing Requirements ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Jurisdiction ,
Land Developers ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Personal Data ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Trade Policy ,
Trump Administration
• The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revoked certain Iran-related "general licenses" that allowed U.S. and U.S.-owned foreign entities to engage in certain transactions and...more
• The United States is withdrawing from the multilateral nuclear accord with Iran known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
• The U.S. sanctions waived by President Barack Obama under the JCPOA will be...more
The U.S. and its 11 negotiating partners – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam – reached preliminary agreement on October 5, 2015, on the Trans-Pacific...more
10/26/2015
/ Automotive Industry ,
Biologics ,
Biotechnology ,
Chamber of Commerce ,
Chrysler ,
Country of Origin ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Data Protection ,
E-Commerce ,
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Financial Institutions ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Ford Motor ,
General Motors ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
NAFTA ,
Tariffs ,
Telecommunications ,
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Trade Policy ,
Trade Promotion Authority ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership