Almost six years after the enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS),...more
5/13/2024
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Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more
11/2/2022
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China Practice Newsletter Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies...more
9/2/2022
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in its role as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), released the public version of its Annual Report to Congress for Calendar Year 2021 (Annual...more
8/24/2022
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The interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) hosted its 2022 Inaugural Conference on June 16, 2022. In its capacity as chair of CFIUS, the U.S. Department of the Treasury...more
7/6/2022
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a notice to the public on Dec. 8, 2021, that it is commencing a mandatory survey of foreign securities ownership beginning Dec. 31, 2021. The survey is mandatory for...more
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- Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property Law: Key Considerations...more
9/2/2021
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, published 10 notices on Jan. 27, 2020, regarding annual and quarterly surveys that track various types of foreign investment into the United...more
2/26/2020
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury is currently collecting data from all U.S. persons for its five-year mandatory benchmark survey of foreign ownership of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2019. U.S. issuers and U.S. asset...more
Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more
2/1/2019
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• President Donald Trump signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) into law on Aug. 13, 2018. Among other things, the NDAA contains the Foreign Investment Risk Review...more
8/17/2018
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The era of globalization may not be over, but the post-World War II global trading regime is undergoing a period of stress last seen during the demise of the Bretton Woods exchange mechanism in the early 1970s.
I. General...more
6/19/2017
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The Obama Administration formally notified Congress on Nov. 5, 2015, of its intent to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a significant free trade agreement involving some of the U.S.’ largest economic partners,...more