The public comment period is now open for two Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) proceedings proposing new rules related to foreign ownership of FCC authorization holders. Both proceedings are part of the...more
6/26/2025
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On February 24, 2023, the Biden Administration, in coordination with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), announced a new round of economic measures primarily targeting the Russian Federation on the one-year mark of Russia’s...more
3/2/2023
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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law an omnibus government spending package, which includes explanatory statements regarding outbound investment initiatives. According to media reports and official statements...more
On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) that reaffirms longstanding U.S. open investment policy and elaborates and expands on the existing list of statutory factors that the Committee on Foreign...more
9/20/2022
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On March 22, 2022, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo signaled the Biden Administration’s willingness to agree to outbound investment screening legislation incorporated in the America COMPETES Act and also indicated...more
On February 4, 2022, the House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022, which is the House’s long-awaited counterpart to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) that passed the Senate with...more
2/7/2022
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Written Notice
On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce or the Department) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding new licensing procedures for Commerce’s January 2021 interim final rule for...more