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SBICCT Initiative Adds New Tool to Drive Innovation

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The Department of Defense (DoD) has long searched for ways to foster innovation in the defense industrial base by harnessing US comparative advantages like our capital markets and American technological innovation...more

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DOD Contemplating Increased Scrutiny of Defense M&A Transactions

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report focusing on the risks associated with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the defense space and concluded that the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD)...more

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Venture Capital Investment In A Small Business? Know The SBA Rules First.

In recent months, there have been a number of articles about an increase in venture capital interest in entities that do business with the federal government. In fact, this interest is not new. Small entities with venture...more

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SBA’s New Rules and Policies to Strengthen and Diversify Its SBIC Program

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A small business investment company (SBIC) is a privately owned and operated investment fund that makes long-term investments in American small businesses and is licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). SBICs...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Exploring R&D Opportunities under the CHIPS Act

The CHIPS R&D Office is advancing innovation and creating opportunities across industry. $11 billion has been appropriated to the CHIPS Research and Development Office to advance research and development of semiconductor...more

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New DOD/SBA Initiative Builds Technology Critical to National Security

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In late 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense's new Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)'s Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) launched a joint venture, the Small Business...more

White & Case LLP

Digital infrastructure deals in Asia Pacific set a new record

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The ongoing and rapid digitalization of economic and social activity in the region make data centers and fiber networks some of the most highly sought-after assets, Digital infrastructure M&A in the Asia Pacific region...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Theranos: The Limits of the “Fake It Till You Make It” Strategy

In the case that tested the limits of the “fake it till you make it” approach to a startup business, on January 3, 2022, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California convicted Elizabeth Holmes,...more

Wiley Rein LLP

U.S. Government Agrees to Remove Xiaomi from Communist Chinese Military Company List; American Exchanges Delist Others

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On May 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) agreed to remove Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. from its list of “Communist Chinese Military Companies” (CCMC). DOD identified Xiaomi as a CCMC on January 14, 2021,...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New Executive Order Targets Investments in Chinese Companies Linked to the Military

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On November 12, 2020, the President issued Executive Order 13959 (the Order) to prohibit U.S. persons from purchasing the publicly traded securities of certain companies that are affiliated with China’s military. While the...more

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Feds Reach Into Real Estate Deals Extended In Name Of National Security

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Could your upcoming commercial real estate transaction or investment raise national security concerns? Under recently developed federal law, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a...more

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