On September 15, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) aimed at increasing the federal government’s review of foreign investment in US businesses deemed critical to US national security interests. For...more
The US Treasury Department issued proposed regulations that would “comprehensively” implement legislation passed last year, FIRRMA, to broaden the jurisdiction of CFIUS. Interested parties have until October 17 to file...more
9/23/2019
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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) ,
Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Interstate Commerce ,
National Security ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
U.S. Treasury
In response to increasing concerns about foreign investment and access to sensitive US technology, particularly by Chinese investors, the US Senate and House of Representatives recently passed slightly different versions of a...more
Since introducing legislation in late 2017 seeking to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Congress has continued to evaluate the proposed Foreign Investment Risk Review...more
Legislation has now been introduced in the US Congress that would significantly expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to a broader scope of transactions and, for some...more
The Impact of The EU General Data Protection Regulation -
The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 May 2016 following the compromise...more
8/31/2016
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Antitrust Litigation ,
Carry Forward ,
CFIUS ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Officers (DPOs) ,
EBITDA ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Interest Income ,
life ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Outsourcing ,
Personal Data ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Tax Code ,
Tax Deductions ,
UK ,
UK Brexit