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Foreign Investment Constitutional Challenges

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US Federal Government Expands CFIUS, Texas Joins States Limiting Foreign Control of Real Property

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Texas joins the patchwork of states enacting legislation restricting foreign investment in real property with the enactment of the 2025 Texas Senate Bill No. 17, highlighting the growing state interest in national security....more

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Why The Future Of Canadian Energy Investments Hangs In The Balance

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Over a month after Canada’s federal elections, the country is still trying to sort out exactly who won and by how much. If this sounds eerily familiar to Bush vs. Gore in 2000, there is a good reason for this...more

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Texas Lassos Foreign Investment Regulation with Real Property Restrictions and Proposed “Texas Committee on Foreign Investment” -...

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The Texas Legislature was active this Session in proposing and passing bills that seek to restrict foreign ownership of real estate and businesses in Texas. Before this session, Texas did not have state-level restrictions on...more

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Blakes Competitive Edge™: June 2025 Update

Welcome to the June issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more

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US Supreme Court Rejects Application of Commingling Theory in Holocaust Expropriation Case

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On February 21, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Republic of Hungary v. Simon, further narrowing the scope of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's exception to sovereign immunity for expropriation...more

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Client Alert: Trump Proposes Ending EB-5 in Favor of “Gold Card” Visa – But Can He?

On February 25, 2025, President Trump announced his intention to terminate the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and introduce a new “Gold Card” visa requiring a $5 million investment. While the proposal has drawn significant...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Sale-or-Ban Law

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In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17, 2025, rejected TikTok's appeal and upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (Act). The act, which was signed into...more

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Florida Law Limits Persons from Foreign Countries of Concern from Acquiring Real Property

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Now the subject of a lawsuit seeking to enjoin it, Florida Senate Bill 264 (CS/CS/SB 264), codified at Chapter No. 2023-33, Laws of Florida, would limit select persons from "foreign countries of concern" from directly or...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Ill-fated Termination of Intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties

In 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered a judgment in the Achmea case, which has led to much controversy and concern in the European investor-state arbitration community. ...more

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New Illinois Corporate Income Tax Bills Seek to Tax Foreign Income

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Enactment of proposed Illinois legislation that would tax worldwide or tax haven income of corporations could prompt international and constitutional controversies. Proposed legislation in the Illinois General Assembly...more

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Key Developments in the 2017 Indian Legal Landscape

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Legal and regulatory developments in the country included changes to the foreign direct investment policy, changes to the foreign investment regime, and a new platform for sexual harassment complaints by employees. Labour...more

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