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The LathamTECH Podcast — Getting Deals Done: Tackling Antitrust Challenges in Tech M&A
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Daily Compliance News: May 21, 2025, The I Want You Back Edition
Upping Your Game: Episode 3 - Embedded Compliance: From Gatekeeper to Business Enabler
State AG Pulse | Massive Google Settlement Shows AGs Serious About Privacy
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 69 - Human Intelligence vs. Machine Judgment with Nigel Morris-Cotterill and Patrick Dransfield
From Cell Phones to Tractors: The Right to Repair Movement Drives On — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Exploring the Intersection of Compliance, Technology, and AI with Ben Sperry
Upping Your Game: Episode 1 – Meeting Hui Chen’s Challenge
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI and Compliance Education
Sunday Book Review: April 27, 2025, The Books on Business for May Edition
The Briefing: The Future of TV? A 2025 Digital Media Trends Analysis
Innovation in Compliance: Design-Centric Compliance Training with Karen Oddo
Daily Compliance News: April 10, 2025, The Dark Money Corruption Edition
The LathamTECH Podcast — Can RSUs Unlock Employee Equity?
A Guide to SEP: Standard Essential Patents for Tech Startups
FINCast Ep. 40 – 21st Century Financial Warfare: Technology, Economy, & National Security
On May 13, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will expedite Issue Dates for patents. This will reduce the average time from three weeks to about two, so patent holders can bring their investments to market...more
As long anticipated, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has launched a new proceeding to eliminate policies and rules that may no longer be necessary or that impose undue regulatory burdens. The...more
Key Points - - In 2024, securities litigation remained consistent with historical averages, with a slight increase in core filings and cases related to COVID-19 and artificial intelligence. - The U.S. Supreme Court had an...more
President Donald Trump’s early executive orders have not specifically called out antitrust enforcement, but several impact antitrust agencies and could influence antitrust policy and enforcement over the next four years. ...more
Outbound foreign investments by U.S.-based companies in sensitive technologies may impact foreign companies from operating in the U.S. or doing business with U.S. companies. Mandatory filing requirements and high-profile...more
Changing CEOs is one of the most critical decisions any board faces. In this issue of The Informed Board, we offer tips on how to avoid the mistakes we most often see. We also explain the problems companies could face if the...more
On September 15, 2020, the US Treasury Department published a final rule modifying the mandatory Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) filing requirements for certain foreign investments in US...more
On September 15, 2020, the Treasury Department issued final regulations that define when it is mandatory to file with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). This final rule builds on regulations...more
On September 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a final rule modifying the mandatory filing requirements associated with reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) recently published a proposed rule that would modify the mandatory filing requirements in place throughout the pilot program for certain foreign investment transactions subject...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) had a busy week last week. The Department of the Treasury, which chairs CFIUS, released its Annual Report for 2018 and additional statistics for 2019 that...more
- On May 21, 2020, Treasury published a Proposed Rule to align the CFIUS mandatory filing framework for transactions involving critical technologies with existing export-licensing requirements. - Under the Proposed Rule,...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
The most pressing question around the new FIRRMA regulations is “Will my transaction be covered?” To provide a bit of guidance on that point, we present an illustration from our upcoming Second Edition of The CFIUS Book due...more
Most deals are approved, but the landscape is becoming increasingly complex, as more types of transactions are subject to review and some filings are mandatory. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more
On September 17, the US Department of the Treasury issued comprehensive proposed regulations to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA). This alert describes key aspects of the proposed...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has published proposed regulations that, when finalized, will...more
On September 17, 2019, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or the "Committee") published proposed rules (the "Proposals"). The Proposals would significantly expand CFIUS' jurisdiction but only...more
Survey of Foreign Filing Requirements in the United States, China, and Europe - Many governments require approval of technical subject matter described in patent applications in the form of a foreign filing license prior...more
Germany has two different sets of rules for the review of foreign direct investments. The relevant ordinance, the Außenwirtschaftsverordnung, or AWV, provides for a sector-specific review process applying to the acquisition,...more
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
The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), signed into law in August, authorizes the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to conduct pilot programs to implement provisions...more
• The Bureau of Industry and Security published a notice yesterday seeking public comments on how it should define and identify a wide variety of emerging technologies that are not now controlled for export, but should be...more
The Department of the Treasury recently released interim rules establishing a pilot program under the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) that mandates filings for foreign investments in certain...more
Congress has agreed upon two pieces of legislation soon to be signed by the President that will provide for a major expansion in the (i) screening by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") of...more