Technology Sector, Critical Infrastructure Sectors, Corporate Counsel

Congressional Investigations Outlook: What to Expect from the 119th Congress

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/5/2025

The 119th Congress is underway, and Republicans control both chambers. With President Trump in the White House, both the House and the Senate will focus more of their oversight on the private sector. Continuing a trend over...more

New CFIUS Critical Technology Mandatory Filing Requirements Take Effect October 15th

White & Case LLP on 10/1/2020

On September 15, 2020, the US Treasury Department published a final rule modifying the mandatory Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) filing requirements for certain foreign investments in US...more

Crisis Prompts European Countries To Step Up Protections Against Foreign M&A

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/21/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has weakened European economies and companies. EU and national governments have expressed concern that foreign investors may opportunistically take advantage of the crisis to acquire domestic...more

Five Fast Facts: New CFIUS Regulations Implementing FIRRMA Add a New Layer of Complexity to Foreign Investments in U.S. Businesses

Kilpatrick on 2/14/2020

While February 13th may seem like a day to scramble for a last minute Valentine’s Day gift, this February 13th ushers in new Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regulations implementing the...more

Final Regulations on Expanded Authority of CFIUS to Review Foreign Investor Transactions Go into Effect

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 2/13/2020

Eighteen months after President Trump signed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”) which broadened the power of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) to review foreign...more

CFIUS Finalizes New FIRRMA Regulations

White & Case LLP on 1/22/2020

Nearly a year and a half after the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) was enacted, authorizing the most substantial overhaul of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more

CFIUS 2.0: ‘Sensitive Personal Data’ in the National Security Context

ArentFox Schiff on 9/3/2019

In recent years, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has taken a much stronger interest in the national security ramifications of sensitive data falling into the hands of foreign adversaries,...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

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