Regulatory Oversight, National Security, Proposed Legislation

The GENIUS Act: What Is It and What’s Next?

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/25/2025

On June 17, the U.S. Senate voted 68-30 to pass S.1582, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, known as the GENIUS Act (the Act). This represents a landmark effort by the U.S. Congress to...more

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

Hogan Lovells on 4/28/2025

On 1 April 2025, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology issued a policy statement setting out its key proposals for the new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. The Bill is intended to respond to an...more

Support for Stablecoin Legislation and Leadership Confirmations

Paul Hastings LLP on 4/28/2025

While the House and Senate were out of session for the last two weeks, federal financial regulators and legislators took a wide range of actions impacting the future of digital asset policy. Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott...more

Highly impactful - UK National Security & Investment Bill introduces mandatory Government review of a wide range of transactions

BCLP on 11/16/2020

On 11 November, the UK Government introduced to Parliament the long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill. The Bill, which is expected to be enacted in Spring 2021, is a transformative event for investors in UK...more

CFIUS/Export Controls Reform to Affect Foreign Investment for Advanced Reactors

Hogan Lovells on 8/13/2018

In today’s international nuclear marketplace, foreign investment is a significant source of capital for U.S. next-generation nuclear ventures. ...more

CFIUS Reform Turns to Food Security

Hogan Lovells on 3/21/2017

Congressional efforts to reform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a U.S. Government interagency committee that conducts national security reviews, continue apace. This week saw the introduction...more