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On July 8th, 2025, President Trump issued an order (the “Order”) forcing divestment of U.S.-based Jupiter Systems (“Jupiter”) by its China-based parent company, Suirui Group Co., Ltd. (“Suirui”), more than five years after...more
On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 139591 (“the Order”) that will shortly bar any U.S. person from “any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of, or are...more
On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order (the "Order") prohibiting United States persons from investing in publicly traded securities of any person designated by the Secretary of Defense or the...more
The White House has “doubled down” on its recent actions against TikTok by “formally giving ByteDance, the Chinese owner of the popular video-sharing app, 90 days to divest from its American assets and any data that TikTok...more
India’s Reliance Industries is considering acquiring TikTok’s business in India from ByteDance. We recently discussed the growing distrust by companies and countries of TikTok because of the perceived vulnerability of user...more
Earlier this month, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) took two noteworthy actions that underscore the Committee’s powerful role in reviewing foreign direct investment and...more
It has been an active last week in the world of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). In addition to CFIUS’s publication of proposed regulations that would impose filing fees for parties’...more
New guidance from the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") staff describes the FTC's views on "post-order" divestitures and highlights the difficulties in persuading the FTC to abandon its preference for upfront buyers in...more
In the first few weeks of the Trump Presidency, there have been numerous marches, protests and other forms of political advocacy expressing views both in support of and in opposition to the President’s various appointments,...more