On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the“FTC”) announced revised thresholds for pre-merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”). The revised thresholds and...more
In July 2021, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its annual report to Congress. The report covers transactions filed with CFIUS for the calendar year 2020 and describes the CFIUS process...more
n late January 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an Interim Final Rule (Interim Rule) that would empower the Department to prohibit, mitigate and unwind certain categories of transactions with certain foreign...more
2/19/2021
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On February 2, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised premerger notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR). The FTC is required to revise the...more
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department issued final regulations (the Regulations) expanding the scope of foreign investments subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more
2/18/2020
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Cross-Border Transactions ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
FIRRMA ,
FOCI ,
Foreign Investment ,
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Investors ,
Jurisdiction ,
National Security ,
Non-Controlling Interests ,
Principal Place of Business
Passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has recently been characterized by the media as a political issue, with President Trump pushing for a vote by year’s end and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not...more
12/5/2019
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Automotive Industry ,
Canada ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Exports ,
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Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
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Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies