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April 7, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
While mergers and acquisitions were declining as the novel coronavirus spread across the globe, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States at the U.S. Treasury Department, which reviews transactions for national security concerns, is also being affected by the new working conditions, attorneys said.
By MP McQueen
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March 20, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
As health officials warn of a shortage of personal protective equipment and ventilators in the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950 and issued an executive order empowering the federal government to allocate manufacturers' output to the federal government, citing a national security emergency. What does this mean for general counsel of medical suppliers, or companies that could produce medical supplies?
By MP McQueen
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March 10, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Proposed new fees for filing transaction reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States were published Monday in the Federal Register, adding another significant CFIUS consideration for deals, international trade and national security lawyers said. And President Trump rejects another deal after CFIUS review, his third such order.
By MP McQueen
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February 25, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
In-house lawyers for payment systems, mobile banking and insurance-focused technologies, cryptocurrency and exchange platforms and other disrupters of the financial services industry, as well as asset managers, will have to pay close attention to changes in the regulations governing reviews of foreign investment transactions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States that took effect this month.
By MP McQueen
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February 12, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
While the federal government has whittled down some of the final regulations from the initial proposals, there is still potential for trouble for foreign investors under the 31 pages of final rules governing national security reviews by CFIUS of foreign investments in U.S. real estate, which take effect on Feb. 13.
By MP McQueen
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January 22, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Business immigration lawyers said they increasingly are working with in-house counsel and the companies' human resources departments to find solutions to these mounting problems, which can involve utilizing different work visa programs or challenging USCIS decisions in court.
By MP McQueen
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January 14, 2020 | National Law Journal
The Treasury Department generally excluded from the new regulations most deals from three countries, unless there is a concern about foreign control of the acquiring companies.
By MP McQueen
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November 22, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
The latest annual report released Friday by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the interagency panel at the Treasury Department that reviews transactions for potential national security risks, shows that the number of notices filed increased significantly from 2014 through 2017, and the number of investigations rose dramatically.
By MP McQueen
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November 12, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Allen & Overy partner John Roberti, who is in charge of the firm's Washington, D.C., antitrust practice and a member of its investigations and litigation practice, talks about the apparent decline in applications for antitrust leniency, changes in global antitrust enforcement and what corporate counsel need to know.
By MP McQueen
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November 7, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
"There are still an enormous amount of technology companies and activities that are outside the reach of CFIUS because the Commerce Department has not moved with any speed to define the terms 'emerging and foundational technologies,'" said Giovanna Cinelli, a partner and international trade and national security practice leader at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Washington, D.C.
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