Pending Legislation, National Security, Trump Administration

DOJ’s Final Rule on Data Transfers: Impacts Across Industries

Perkins Coie on 1/24/2025

As of January 23, 2025, the regulation discussed below has not been withdrawn by the Trump administration and is not subject to automatic withdrawal under President Trump’s Executive Order freezing regulations. It currently...more

Ten Key Points About CFIUS And Export Control Reform

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/6/2018

Congress has agreed upon two pieces of legislation soon to be signed by the President that will provide for a major expansion in the (i) screening by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") of...more

CFIUS legislation takes final form, moves closer to president’s desk

Hogan Lovells on 8/2/2018

Congress has moved closer to expanding the jurisdiction and powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the U.S. interagency committee that conducts national security reviews of foreign...more

Reform of Foreign Investment in the U.S.: France and Other Allied Countries Might be Exempt

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/16/2018

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday, July 10, expanding and increasing the powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The bill is called the Foreign Investment Risk...more

On FIRRMA Ground: Congress to Restrict Foreign Investment and Expand Export Controls

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/29/2018

This week, there were reports that the Trump Administration would use emergency powers to restrict Chinese investment in the United States. On Wednesday, the White House backed away from that position after the House of...more

CFIUS reform clears another hurdle – legislation could be on President’s desk by August

Hogan Lovells on 6/29/2018

Driven by concerns of China’s acquisition of advanced U.S. technologies, the U.S. Congress is set to enact the most significant reform to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in over a decade....more