Following months of delays and intense debate in Congress, President Biden signed H.R. 815 into law on April 24, 2024, which made headlines for funding $95 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, along with...more
5/6/2024
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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) earlier this month released a fact sheet announcing updates on excepted foreign states determinations, including the addition of New Zealand to CFIUS’s...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has proposed a new rule which extends, for an additional year, the date by which CFIUS will make a determination regarding which countries will be exempt from...more
On October 5, 2021, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule formally expanding its controls over the export of biotechnology software. ...more
11/11/2021
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Members of V&E’s National Security & International Trade practice discuss recent trade and investment developments and what to expect in the new Administration....more
1/7/2021
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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) had a busy week last week. The Department of the Treasury, which chairs CFIUS, released its Annual Report for 2018 and additional statistics for 2019 that...more
On April 27, 2020, the Department of the Treasury issued an interim rule establishing a filing fee for certain transactions filed with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). The fees only apply to...more
New rules governing the review of transactions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) take effect today.
CFIUS, an inter-agency panel of the U.S. government, reviews foreign investment for...more
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), released the final regulations to implement the 2018 CFIUS reform law, the Foreign...more
2/4/2020
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