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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has released its 2025 Annual Report, revealing significant shifts in transaction review patterns, heightened scrutiny of Chinese investors, and increased withdrawal rates. The report highlights a surge in semiconductor and aerospace sector filings, expanded use of mitigation agreements, and the launch of a new Known Investor initiative designed to expedite reviews for repeat filers.

In an earlier client alert, we noted that Wise Road Capital's proposed acquisition of Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation was on life support: the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...

On July 11, 2007, Congress passed the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (the “Act”), sending it to the President to sign into law. The Act amends the Exon-Florio Amendment to the Defense Production Act of 1950 (“Exon-Florio”) to revise the procedures applicable to reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) of foreign acquisitions of U.S. entities and assets.

Foreign Investment 2020: CFIUS Spotlight on "TID" U.S. Businesses.

On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a public report that found the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

The Department of Treasury's office that administers reviews of foreign investments in U.S. companies is changing how it identifies critical technology businesses...

Government Contracts and National Security partner Ronald Lee was quoted in the Foreign Investment Watch article, "Bill would give governors power to question CFIUS about transactions,"...

Houston, Tex. (August 14, 2025) - In early March 2025, the Texas Legislature introduced Senate Bill 2117 and House Bill 5007 relating to the establishment of the Texas Committee on Foreign Investment...

The interim final rule, which was published in the Federal Register on April 29, 2020, goes into effect on Friday, May 1, 2020.

The USDA's new online AFIDA portal will fundamentally transform how foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land is reported, requiring detailed ownership diagrams, GIS mapping, and expanded disclosures. Energy companies and other frequent filers face significantly higher compliance burdens than USDA acknowledges, with the agency's estimated one hour per report appearing drastically understated. Will the December 2026 comment deadline provide sufficient opportunity to address these practical implementation

A potential presidential block of the Japanese company Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel is being widely reported by many media outlets.

The case before the court involved four interlocutory appeals from orders denying motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Whereas nearly half of the EU Member States currently have an FDI screening mechanism in place, the rest do not.

The 'Snippet' series from our New York office regularly offers insights on a range of EU tax and legal topics.

A number of countries have introduced new measures to review investments by non-nationals or strengthened their existing measures.

President Trump has declared the Iran war "terminated" while simultaneously reimposing sanctions, issuing a new executive order targeting Cuba's economy with sweeping sectoral sanctions and secondary measures against foreign financial institutions. The administration has also designated Iranian currency exchanges and Chinese entities involved in Iran's illicit oil trade, marking a significant escalation in economic pressure campaigns.

On June 3, 2025, President Trump signed a Proclamation increasing Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports...

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