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Morgan Lewis

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

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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

Jackson Walker

Analysis of Texas S.B. No. 17 Restricting Foreign Ownership of Real Property in Texas

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Texas has enacted significant new legislation, effective September 1, 2025, that imposes sweeping restrictions on the purchase or acquisition of real property by certain foreign individuals, entities, and governments. This...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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

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The Texas legislature has been active recently in proposing bills that seek to restrict foreign ownership of real estate and businesses in Texas. Texas does not currently have state-level restrictions on foreign ownership of...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Will Texas Become the First State To Enact a “Mini-CFIUS” Review Process?

On March 13, 2025, the Texas Legislature introduced HB 5007, which, if enacted, could establish the first US state regime tasked with screening foreign investments on national security grounds....more

King & Spalding

State Criminal and Civil Liability for Material Support: How the FTO Designation of Drug Cartels Increases the Risk of State...

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The State Department’s February 20, 2025, designation of specific Mexican drug cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) creates serious new risks for businesses...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Texas AG Investigates DeepSeek + List of Banned Countries Expands

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on February 14, 2024, that his office has opened an investigation into DeepSeek’s privacy practices. DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company with ties to the People’s Republic...more

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