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Remaining Team Telecom rules—including standard questions—now in effect at the FCC

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At long last, on August 23, 2024, the FCC’s Office of International Affairs announced that major elements of its 2020-2021 changes to the Team Telecom review process for applications involving foreign ownership have gone into...more

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[Webcast Transcript] CFIUS Reviews: Strategies for Ensuring Compliance and Strategizing on Foreign Investments

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Editor’s Note: During a recent HaystackID webcast, expert panelists explored the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in protecting sensitive technologies, classified contracts, and other...more

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Escalation of U.S. Crackdown on Chinese Technology and Telecoms: Emerging Issues

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In recent years, the U.S. has pursued a whole-of-government approach to target Chinese technology and service providers in furtherance of foreign policy and national security objectives....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Q1 2023 Update on the UK’s Investment Screening Regime

As the UK’s investment screening regime starts to bed down following over a year of being in effect, we have been tracking the developments in the last quarter relevant to the operation of the regime. It has been a tumultuous...more

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FCC Proposes Major Expansion of Oversight of Foreign Ownership of U.S. Telecommunications Companies

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On April 20, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) proposed new rules to reshape and significantly expand reporting and FCC review of non-U.S. ownership interests in companies authorized to provide international...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information...

Concerns over the potential threat posed by information and communications technology (ICT) products and services, such as TikTok, to the United States’ economic and national security have been ruminating for some time now....more

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CFIUS Year in Review

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CFIUS reviewed a record number of transactions in 2021 according to its most recent annual report – and shows no signs of slowing down. High technology (including quantum computing), life sciences, and green energy...more

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FCC Finalizes Standard Questions for Applicants as Last Step in Team Telecom Modernization

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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

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[Webinar] What Do U.S. Businesses Need to Know About Economic Sanctions? - September 15th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

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The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers economic sanctions on several countries as well as restrictions targeting terrorists, narcotics traffickers, cyber criminals, and other...more

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[Webinar] 2021 National Security Series: CFIUS in the Biden Administration - May 6th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

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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

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US Export Controls: Business as Usual?

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Turning to the business of exports from the United States, the next section is a must-read for any company doing business in the United States or from the United States. Or for that matter, any company competing with affected...more

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Election 2020 Snapshot: Helping our technology and telecom clients make sense of the U.S. election results

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An overhaul of tech antirust policy? Increased telecommunications regulations coupled with expanding telecoms infrastructure? Business as usual for Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFUIS) investigations?...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFIUS Continues Active 2020 With Proposed Rule Modifying Mandatory Declarations

Since the beginning of 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has issued numerous regulations to implement fully the Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) on behalf of the Committee on Foreign...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Trump Administration Establishes the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications...

A federal interagency group commonly referred to as “Team Telecom” has been operating largely behind the scenes for years, advising the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the FCC’s review of the national security...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Draft CFIUS Regulations Portend Evolution, Not Revolution

On September 17, 2019, the Department of the Treasury, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or Committee), issued two sets of proposed regulations seeking to further implement the...more

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China Introduces New Foreign Investment Law, Negative Lists, and Encouraged Industries Catalogue

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What do multinational corporations, private equity funds, and other foreign investors need to know? On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress of China approved The People’s Republic of China Foreign Investment Law...more

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New CFIUS Rules Apply to All Transactions Closing After November 10, 2018

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Clients selling assets or interests to a foreign buyer and foreign buyers of U.S. assets or U.S. entities may feel the impact of new mandatory Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) disclosures or notice...more

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Senate Passes Substantial Changes to CFIUS and Votes to Re-Impose Sanctions on ZTE

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While the rules regarding CFIUS review have remained largely unchanged over the past decade, CFIUS has operated under a new paradigm in recent years. After the U.S. government blocked just two transactions from its inception...more

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Top Ten Practical Tips for CFIUS Practice

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The Situation: During the last few years, the CFIUS process has evolved and potential significant changes are on the horizon. The Result: CFIUS remains an important consideration for foreign parties looking to invest in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Chips on Their Shoulders: CFIUS Intervenes in Broadcom’s Hostile Takeover Bid for Qualcomm

• CFIUS takes an unprecedented step to fend off a potential foreign acquisition • The threat that China will eclipse the U.S. in telecommunications infrastructure and technology is central to U.S. national security •...more

K&L Gates LLP

Brussels Regulatory Brief: March 2018

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Antitrust and Competition - Another transaction in the technology sector referred to the European Commission for its review - The European Commission (“Commission”) is yet again set to review a transaction in the technology...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"CFIUS Trends Inform Cross-Border Activity"

In a reflection of current M&A activity, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) cases have shifted in their geographic and industry focuses over the years, from the United Kingdom and other locations to...more

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