Leaders in Law: The State of International Trade with Neena Shenai
Understanding FOCI Mitigation
Podcast - Navigating M&A Due Diligence: Safeguarding Security Clearances
An In-Depth Overview of the DCSA
Ask a CFIUS Expert: Is Crypto Spying on Us?
Podcast - Change Condition Packages: Tips for Cleared Contractors
Podcast - Corporate Documents in the Context of Clearances
Decoding the Key Management Personnel Requirements
Navigating Personnel Security Clearances (PCLs)
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Outbound Investments and CFIUS Review
What Is an FCL and How Do I Obtain One?
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - How Foreign Companies Can Protect Their IP and Brand in the U.S.
Emerging Technology in the FY24 NDAA
John Neiman on the Corporate Transparency Act
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
FINCast Ep. 39 – State of Russia Sanctions Two Years After the Invasion
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Privacy & Cybersecurity Considerations for Non-U.S. Companies
Video: Making Trade Inclusive for All Americans: A Conversation with SAP's Michelle Trong Perrin-Steinberg
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 2
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 1
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) continues to play an increasingly active role in reviewing and assessing inbound investment transactions for U.S. national security risks. In this alert, we...more
As the interplay between export controls, trade sanctions, and anticorruption enforcement continues to intensify, multinational companies must remain vigilant in ensuring that their compliance programs address the many...more
After over a year of preview, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) has finally published information on its most recent enforcement actions. The actions were announced on...more
In February 2024, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began taking a new approach to Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) enforcement—questionnaires. Once again, the solar industry is among the first targets, vanguards...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released its Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) 2023 Annual Report to Congress....more
Recent legislation, H.R. 815, the National Security Supplemental (“the Act”) – further explained by guidance issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) on July 22, 2024 – has...more
Regulations ultimately will implement a new program restricting certain investments related to China- On June 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Rule”)...more
Recently, President Biden signed a foreign military support bill (H.R. 815) into law, which also encompassed the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act (the Act), a legislative proposal introduced in the House containing...more
Key Points - On May 21, 2024, the DOJ announced its first ever declination under the NSD’s updated Enforcement Policy, declining to prosecute Sigma-Aldrich Inc., d/b/a MilliporeSigma (a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt,...more
On May 7, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its latest network neutrality order, Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet (the "Order"), which was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2024,...more
With an eye towards preserving and expanding the gatekeeper role in national security, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has issued proposed rules to strengthen enforcement....more
Biomedical Company Avoids DOJ Prosecution After First Ever Voluntary Corporate Self-Disclosure of Fraud Under NSD Enforcement Policy - On May 22, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will not prosecute a...more
On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117 (the “EO”), on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” The United...more
On April 11, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury issued, for notice and comment, proposed modifications (Proposed Rule) to certain Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or Committee) regulations. In...more
Proposed changes to how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can request information and impose civil penalties signal that CFIUS will increasingly focus on compliance and enforcement. Our...more
On April 11, the U.S. Treasury Department promulgated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) amending the regulations that govern the operations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to increase...more
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on Jan. 18, 2024, evaluating foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land. The report found that foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land grew to over 40...more
A new proposed rule issued by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) seeks to expand the scope of information that CFIUS can request from parties, expand its ability to monitor and investigate...more
Key Points - On April 15, 2024, the Treasury Department published a proposed rule that would amend the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regulations to expand CFIUS’s enforcement authorities....more
The proposal signals a continued effort to expand CFIUS’s enforcement scope and update penalties. On April 11, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rule)...more
On April 11th, the US Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to "enhance certain CFIUS procedures and sharpen...more
The U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”), which is Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on April 11, 2024 (“NPRM”) meant...more
In response to President Biden’s Executive Order authorizing increased data privacy measures, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Matthew G. Olsen announced that the National Security Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ)...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would amend the...more
Doing business with foreign entities can result in greater opportunities for U.S. businesses. Per the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, the state is home to 1,000+ foreign-based companies. What if...more