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Three Key Takeaways from CFIUS's 2023 Annual Report

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its statutorily mandated annual report to congress last month. While the report itself highlights several notable developments in 2023 (New Zealand and...more

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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: August 2024

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Welcome to the August 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

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Proposed Expansion of CFIUS Poses Increased Risks to U.S. Real Estate Investors and Operators

On July 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a Proposed Rule after first issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on July 8. The rule seeks to expand the jurisdiction that the Committee on Foreign Investment...more

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The Evolution of National Security in the U.S. and U.K.

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The U.S. and the U.K. are focused on common national security risks, including preventing foreign access to key emerging technologies, the integrity of the defense supply chain, protection of critical infrastructure, and...more

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What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … International Mergers & Acquisitions (Part 2 of 4): Understanding the CFIUS...

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CFIUS is an interagency committee that evaluates the national security implications of foreign investments on the U.S. economy and infrastructure. CFIUS possesses statutory authority to “make an investigation to determine the...more

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[Webcast Transcript] CFIUS Reviews: Strategies for Ensuring Compliance and Strategizing on Foreign Investments

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Editor’s Note: During a recent HaystackID webcast, expert panelists explored the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in protecting sensitive technologies, classified contracts, and other...more

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Foreign Companies Investing in U.S. Real Estate: Are You a National Security Risk?

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The U.S. government has made it clear that foreign companies investing in and/or purchasing U.S. real estate can present a national security risk. It is imperative that foreign investors develop an internal and robust...more

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NCSC Warns U.S. Startups and Investors of Foreign Bad Actors with Money to Spend

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Last week, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (“NCSC”), the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (“OESET”) and other coordinating government agencies issued a warning to U.S. venture...more

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Treasury Releases CFIUS 2023 Annual Report

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On July 23, 2024, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) released its annual report to Congress regarding the Committee’s national security reviews and investigations of certain...more

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Treasury Department Moves to Expand CFIUS’s Real Estate Jurisdiction & Implement China-Bound Tech Investment Restrictions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), has announced a proposed rule to expand CFIUS’s jurisdiction over real estate transactions by...more

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Treasury Proposes Rule to Expand CFIUS’s Real Estate Jurisdiction

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The US Department of the Treasury on July 8, 2024 proposed updates to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’s (CFIUS’s) regulations that seek to expand the list of military installations for which proximity...more

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Department of Treasury Issues Proposed Rule Expanding CFIUS Real Estate Jurisdiction

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The Proposed Rule expands CFIUS’s authority to review certain transactions by foreign persons involving real estate close to over 50 additional military installations. On July 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury...more

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New Proposed Rule Highlights Recent National Security-Related Scrutiny of Foreign Investment in Real Estate

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to expand CFIUS’...more

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Expansion of Restrictions on Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate

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On July 8, 2024, the Office of Investment Security (Department of the Treasury) published a proposed rule to expand CFIUS’s current restrictions on foreign investment in U.S. real estate to cover many additional government...more

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U.S. prohibits Chinese real estate purchase related to cryptocurrency mining facility near ICBM base

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On 13 May 2024, President Biden issued an order forcing divestiture by MineOne Partners Limited and certain related entities of their ownership of real estate within one mile of F.E. Warren Air Force Base, home to an...more

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After Referral from CFIUS President Biden Prohibits the Purchase of Wyoming Real Estate and Cryptocurrency Facility

On May 13, 2024, President Biden, acting on a transaction referred to him from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), took the unusual step of ordering the prohibition of a real estate acquisition...more

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The Importance of Having a National Security Strategy

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The United States and an increasing number of other countries are evaluating the impact of foreign investment on their countries’ national security posture. Generally, foreign investment regulatory regimes allow regulators to...more

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Treasury Proposes Enhancing CFIUS Enforcement Authority

On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would expand the enforcement authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the...more

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US President Orders First-Ever Real Estate Divestment Following CFIUS Review

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On May 13, 2024, President Biden issued an Order blocking the purchase and requiring the divestment of Chinese-owned real estate that is the location of a cryptocurrency mining facility near F.E. Warren Air Force Base, a...more

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Biden Administration Unwinds Chinese Real Estate Investment Near Military Base

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The Biden Administration recently issued a historic Executive Order (the “Order,” available here) unwinding the purchase by an entity backed by Chinese nationals of U.S. real estate in close proximity to a strategic missile...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

President Biden Orders Chinese-Owned Firm to Divest Property Near Missile Base in Wyoming

On May 13, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring MineOne Partners Limited and its affiliates (together, “MineOne”) to divest their interest in real property located less than one mile from Francis E....more

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Treasury Department Issues Proposed Rule to Enhance CFIUS Procedures, Enforcement Authorities

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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

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FAQs on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Process and Procedures

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What is a CFIUS filing, when should it be made, and what happens if a party fails to file? In passing the Foreign Investment and Risk Review Modernization Act in 2018, Congress provided CFIUS with increased resources to...more

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Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - May 2024

On April 15, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a proposed rule that would enhance certain Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) procedures and increase CFIUS penalty and...more

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CFIUS Proposes Increased Penalties for Noncompliance and Updated Mitigation and Enforcement Rules

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As the lead agency for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), the U.S. Department of the Treasury released new proposed rules on April 11, 2024 intended to enhance the enforcement...more

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