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FCC Announces Effective Date of New Filing Requirements for Domestic Section 214 Transfer of Control Applications

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/13/2024

Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announced September 11, 2024 as the effective date of two rules initially adopted in the agency’s Team Telecom Process Reform Report and Order....more

Remaining Team Telecom rules—including standard questions—now in effect at the FCC

Hogan Lovells on 8/28/2024

At long last, on August 23, 2024, the FCC’s Office of International Affairs announced that major elements of its 2020-2021 changes to the Team Telecom review process for applications involving foreign ownership have gone into...more

Commerce Issues First-Ever ICTS “Final Determination” Banning Kaspersky Cybersecurity Products

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/16/2024

On June 24, 2024, the Commerce Department published a Final Determination under its Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) authorities. The determination prohibits the Russian-controlled cybersecurity...more

[Event] 10th National Conference on CFIUS - April 11th - 12th, Arlington, VA

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 2/19/2024

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 10th National Conference on CFIUS returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will provide invaluable insights on repositioning your transaction planning amidst...more

House Select Committee on the CCP Issues Report and 150 Policy Recommendations Affecting Trade, Telecom, Government Contracts and...

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/19/2023

Last week, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (Select Committee) issued a comprehensive new bipartisan report, including almost 150 policy...more

FCC Proposes Major Expansion of Oversight of Foreign Ownership of U.S. Telecommunications Companies

Paul Hastings LLP on 4/21/2023

On April 20, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) proposed new rules to reshape and significantly expand reporting and FCC review of non-U.S. ownership interests in companies authorized to provide international...more

Analysis: How Team Telecom Can Conduct Faster Reviews in No-risk Cases

Morgan Lewis on 4/11/2023

A common concern of telecommunications companies, their investors, and their counsel is that the Team Telecom process is unduly long—especially compared with the analogous process for the Committee on Foreign Investment in...more

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - January 2023

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 1/11/2023

1. Late last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules to block the importation and sale of telecommunications equipment considered unacceptably hazardous to U.S. national security. The Report and...more

FCC Bars Imports of Telecommunications Equipment or Technology from Certain Chinese Producers

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/16/2022

On November 25, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted new rules to block the importation of telecommunications equipment considered unacceptably hazardous to U.S. national security. These new FCC rules...more

Analysis: It’s Time to Create ‘The Commission on Foreign Investment and National Security’

Morgan Lewis on 8/2/2022

Given its existing limitations, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is ready for its next evolution—not a tweaking around the edges of an existing process that continues to perpetuate limitations to the...more

Trade Matters, April 2022: A monthly newsletter covering global trade & national security developments

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 4/11/2022

1. Updates to Russia Sanctions and Export Controls- In response to the ongoing attack on Ukraine, the U.S. government continues on a weekly basis to increase economic sanctions and export controls on Russia. ...more

[Event] 2nd National Forum on Team Telecom - April 25th, Washington, DC

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 4/7/2022

Gain critical strategies for managing reviews in the new Team Telecom environment. The American Conference Institute’s 2nd National Team Telecom Conference will take place in Washington D.C. on April 25, 2022, one day...more

FCC Adopts Standard Questions to Facilitate Executive Branch Review of Applications Involving Foreign Interests in Applicants

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 10/11/2021

At its September 30, 2021 Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) unanimously adopted a Second Report and Order in IB Docket No. 16-155 requiring applicants with reportable foreign...more

FCC Finalizes Standard Questions for Applicants as Last Step in Team Telecom Modernization

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/4/2021

On September 30, 2021, at its Open Commission Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Second Report and Order (Order) adopting a set of standardized national security and law enforcement...more

A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/17/2021

With the new administration poised to take office, public and private companies will need to consider how President Biden’s regulatory, enforcement, and legislative priorities will affect their businesses. During this...more

FCC Continues Team Telecom Modernization, Seeking Comment on Standard Questions for Applicants

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/6/2021

On December 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) International Bureau published a Public Notice seeking comment on a set of standardized national security and law enforcement questions...more

FCC’s New Foreign Ownership Review Rules Set To Take Effect

ArentFox Schiff on 12/17/2020

For the first time, the FCC will have formal rules governing the process for Team Telecom review of license applications involving foreign ownership. The FCC, however, declined to adopt exclusions for applications that have...more

FCC Adopts New Rules and Procedures for Team Telecom Committee

White & Case LLP on 11/2/2020

On September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt a Report and Order that provides for new rules and procedures to formalize the review process of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign...more

Formalizing Team Telecom

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/21/2020

Earlier this month, the FCC adopted a Report & Order (“R&O”) streamlining the application review process for transactions involving foreign investment or participation in U.S. telecommunications companies (commonly known as...more

CFIUS Continues Active 2020 With Proposed Rule Modifying Mandatory Declarations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/27/2020

Since the beginning of 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has issued numerous regulations to implement fully the Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) on behalf of the Committee on Foreign...more

President Formalizes Executive Agency Review of FCC Applications and Licenses; Quick Action on FCC License Revocation

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 4/27/2020

For years, there have been critiques about the lack of procedures surrounding the review, by a group of Executive Branch agencies commonly referred to as “Team Telecom”, of applications before the Federal Communications...more

‘Team Telecom’ Formalized into New Committee; Increased Scrutiny of Chinese Involvement in US Telecommunications Services...

White & Case LLP on 4/15/2020

On April 4, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) establishing the ‘Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector’ (the Committee). The Committee...more

A Formalized Team Telecom: White House Establishes Committee To Review Foreign Ownership Or Control In U.S. Telecom Sector

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/13/2020

At a time of heightened concern about foreign ownership or control of U.S. telecommunication networks and supply chains, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) on April 4, 2020 formalizing the interagency Team...more

Too Much Time on Their Hands – New Executive Order Limits Time Period for Team Telecom Reviews

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/12/2020

On April 4th, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Establishing the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector. The Executive Order essentially...more

Trump Administration Establishes the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/10/2020

A federal interagency group commonly referred to as “Team Telecom” has been operating largely behind the scenes for years, advising the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the FCC’s review of the national security...more

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