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Trade Alert: Treasury Releases CFIUS 2022 Annual Report

On July 31, 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) released its annual report to Congress of the Committee’s national security reviews and investigations of certain foreign...more

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Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States: Key Questions Answered

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) evaluates the US national security impact of acquisitions of "control" by foreign persons of US businesses. ...more

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U.S. Treasury Issues Guidance on CFIUS Enforcement and Penalties

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On October 20, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines (the Guidelines). The...more

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CFIUS 2021 Annual Report: Considerations for Businesses

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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

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CFIUS: Three Trends to Know

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Foreign direct investment regimes, including CFIUS, regularly review transactions to assess potential risks to national security. What should organizations know about key trends behind a potential CFIUS review?...more

Wiley Rein LLP

White House Strategy on Critical and Emerging Technologies Previews Regulation and Possible Export Controls

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On Thursday, October 15, 2020, the White House released a national strategy to ensure that the United States remains a global leader in developing critical and emerging technologies (C&ET). The document lays out high-level...more

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CFIUS Finalizes New Mandatory Filing Rule for Critical Technologies

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On September 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a final rule, effective October 15, 2020, that alters and expands the scope of foreign investments involving critical technologies that are subject to...more

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CFIUS and Beyond – Navigating the Complicated Universe of Regulatory and Other Constraints Related to US National Security

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The reach and authority of the U.S. government over what it considers to be national security concerns is broad, increasing and often not subject to judicial appeal. In response to mounting threats to the personal, economic...more

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Two Key CFIUS Developments: CFIUS Publishes 2018 Annual Report and Proposed Regulations Revising Critical Technologies Mandatory...

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CFIUS Publishes 2018 Annual Report - The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a U.S. government interagency committee that conducts national security reviews of foreign investments, recently...more

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How Final CFIUS Regulations Will Impact Technology Companies and Investors

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The Final Rules clarify requirements for foreign investments, including those transactions subject to CFIUS review and filing. On February 13, 2020, two Final Rules published by the US Treasury Department implementing...more

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New Rules Expand CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Foreign Investment in U.S. Businesses and Real Estate

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that reviews mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers by foreign persons of U.S. companies and assets that have the potential to pose...more

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CFIUS Finalizes Rules Reforming Foreign Investment Reviews

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On February 13, 2020, two Final Rules issued by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (“CFIUS”) implementing most of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”) became...more

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Final Regulations Expanding CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Investments by Foreign Persons

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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

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FIRRMA Regulations Finalized

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) published two final rules on January 17, 2019, to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) enacted in August 2018. The first...more

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CFIUS Proposed Rules Target Critical Technology, Sensitive Personal Data and Real Estate

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On September 17, 2019, the Department of the Treasury issued long-awaited proposed rules implementing many of the provisions of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 ("FIRRMA"), which substantially...more

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M&A Watch: New Regulations Significantly Expand CFIUS Reach

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) last week added considerable teeth to its powers through draft regulations implementing key provisions of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act...more

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ADG Insights | U.S. National Security Developments Regarding China

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With or without a trade deal, national security concerns regarding China are here to stay - Since President Trump took office, the U.S.-China trade relationship has been at the center of the administration’s foreign...more

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CFIUS Update: Regulations Require Mandatory Filings for Certain Critical Technologies; Process Of Identifying Emerging...

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When it was enacted in August 2018, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) overhauled the US law governing CFIUS national security reviews for the first time in 11 years. Many of FIRRMA’s most...more

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Key Takeaways from the First Two Months of Mandatory CFIUS Declarations

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The Situation: The Pilot Program, recently announced by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS"), mandates filing declarations with CFIUS in connection with certain foreign investments in U.S....more

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New UK National Security M&A Regime Expected in 2019

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In June 2018, the UK adopted new powers to review certain technology related deals on national security grounds, extending the scope and breadth of its control regime to those that concern computing hardware, or quantum...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Podcast: CFIUS and FIRRMA: What You Need to Know

In this episode, Akin Gump international trade partners Tatman Savio and Christian Davis discuss the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) and how the new Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

IP+T: Intelligence Newsletter - Q4 2018

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FIRRMA Pilot Program Puts Critical Technology in the Spotlight - On November 10, 2018, the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) will begin a pilot program that will implement certain...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Little Regulation That Will Make a Big Change in How You Do Business: Department of Commerce to Establish New Export Controls...

Key Takeaways: • Emerging technology sectors will soon be subject to new export controls. • Affected sectors include biotech, computing, artificial intelligence, positioning and navigation, data analytics, additive...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Five Questions to Determine If You Have a CFIUS Filing Requirement

As of November 10, 2018, foreign investors making acquisitions and equity investments into many U.S. businesses will be required to file their investments with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFIUS Pilot Program Expands Jurisdiction and Imposes Mandatory Reporting on Certain Industries

• On October 10, 2018, CFIUS announced a pilot program that implements significant provisions of FIRRMA. The program becomes effective November 10, 2018. • Under the program, CFIUS jurisdiction will be expanded to cover...more

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