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The Offence and Penalty - On 8 May 2025, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published its 11 April 2025 notice of its first-ever monetary penalty for an information offence relating to financial...more
On November 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued a new final rule (the “Final Rule”) expanding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (“CFIUS”) authority in three key areas...more
In a significant enforcement action, the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has charged Oregon-based Precision Castparts Corp. (“PCC”) with multiple violations of the Arms Export Control...more
While the total number of filings declined in comparison to recent years, CFIUS's latest Annual Report to Congress highlights an uptick in penalties and an increased use of enforcement tools relating to national...more
On August 14, 2024, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “Committee”) announced a $60 million penalty, “the largest penalty CFIUS has ever issued,” following its finding of material violations...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its statutorily mandated annual report to congress last month. While the report itself highlights several notable developments in 2023 (New Zealand and...more
On 21 June 2024, the Office of Investment Security of the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations to implement President Biden’s August 2023 Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments...more
On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would expand the enforcement authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the...more
As part of a new bill intended to combat foreign interference in Canadian affairs, the Canadian government has proposed that any person advocating for certain types of foreign actors with respect to activities intended to...more
As part of the national security supplemental package, President Biden has signed into law two provisions targeting data use practices by websites, desktop applications, mobile apps, and augmented or immersive technology...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 15, 2024, the secretary of the Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or Committee), published a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to...more
Key Takeaways: The Treasury Department is seeking to equip CFIUS with greater enforcement and oversight authority. These new powers include the ability to request more information from transaction parties and also to assess...more
On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing a new rule updating the mitigation and enforcement provisions of the regulations administered by the Committee on...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 United States manages more than three dozen separate economic and trade sanctions programs. Those programs target specified foreign governments along with thousands of named individuals, groups and entities in accordance...more
Starting in 2024, all “reporting companies,” meaning any entity formed by filing with a secretary of state or similar office, will be required to file a “beneficial ownership report” with the U.S. Treasury Department’s...more
Beginning on January 1, 2024, millions of business entities (including corporations, limited liability companies, and other similar entities created in or registered to do business in the United States) will be required to...more
On September 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury held the annual Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) Conference in Washington, DC. The interagency Committee is tasked with reviewing...more
On August 9, President Biden issued Executive Order 14105 (“EO 14105”) on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern. EO 14105 significantly reshapes...more
The U.S. Department of State (State Department) and U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce Department), have recently previewed, proposed or finalized changes to relevant trade controls. These new regulatory updates include...more
On October 20, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury, as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), released the first-ever CFIUS Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines (Guidelines). The...more
The D.C Circuit Court of Appeals sits in a unique position as the primary reviewing court for federal government agency actions. As a result, the D.C. Circuit sits in a high-profile position and several judges have...more
Australia requires a wide variety of investments by foreign businesses to be reviewed and approved - Some significant investment proposals have been rejected on national interest grounds since 2020 - The decision to...more
This briefing is intended to provide an update on two recent developments under the US sanctions regime. ..The first one is the introduction of US sanctions related to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, which threaten to...more