The classification of a transaction as either a business combination or an asset acquisition for financial reporting purposes has recently received greater attention. The differences between the two types of transactions can...more
Thoughtful succession planning can pave the way for a smooth transition and a thriving future for a company and its stakeholders. Here are a few techniques that business owners should consider....more
On June 29, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would dramatically expand HSR reporting requirements. The historic changes fundamentally alter the HSR reporting landscape,...more
A group of 17 Republican AGs filed a motion to intervene in connection with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) issuance of a three-year blanket authorization allowing BlackRock Inc. to buy more than $10 million...more
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
Eighteen months after President Trump signed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”) which broadened the power of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) to review foreign...more
After over a year of anticipation, in January the U.S. Treasury Department released its final regulations that revise the jurisdiction and rules for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (CFIUS), following...more
On January 30, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) issued a final rule (Rule) that revises the Federal Reserve’s regulations related to determinations of whether a first company (an...more
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), released the final regulations to implement the 2018 CFIUS reform law, the Foreign...more
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued final regulations (the "Final Rules") that implement most of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 ("FIRRMA"). While the Final Rules provide...more
Nearly a year and a half after the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) was enacted, authorizing the most substantial overhaul of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more
By now, you have skimmed through the proposed FIRRMA regulations issued on September 17 2019, and you have very likely read a dozen summaries of those regulations (with titles like “New Proposed CFIUS Regulations Published”...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) convened a hearing on December 6, 2018 to better understand the possible anticompetitive implications of institutional investors holding non-controlling amounts of...more
In August 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), which significantly reformed national security reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...more
Clients selling assets or interests to a foreign buyer and foreign buyers of U.S. assets or U.S. entities may feel the impact of new mandatory Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) disclosures or notice...more
On October 10, 2018, the Department of the Treasury, as the chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), issued two sets of interim regulations implementing certain provisions of the Foreign...more