CFIUS Past, Present, and Future:
A 2018 CFIUS Carol -
The year 2018 was a turning point in the history of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS’s change in direction in 2017 suggested that a...more
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So you've heard a lot about CFIUS reform and the changes that may result from FIRRMA, perhaps from our prior pieces. While the President just signed FIRRMA into law on August 13, you probably know that many key FIRRMA...more
On Tuesday, Congress released its final draft of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA)—a compromise bill which reconciles the differences between the versions previously passed by the House and Senate....more
On November 8, 2017, a bipartisan coalition in Congress introduced the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), which would greatly expand the reach and consequence of the Committee on Foreign Investment in...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) recently released the unclassified version of its annual report to Congress for transactions notified to CFIUS during calendar year 2015. While the data...more
September 13, 2017 On September 13, 2017, the White House announced On September 13, 2017, the White House announced that President Donald Trump issued an executive order blocking Lattice Semiconductor Corp.'s proposed...more