Starting Feb. 13, 2020, U.S. companies in tech, infrastructure and data seeking minority or controlling foreign investment will require approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) before closing certain transactions.
The change stems from the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), which was signed into law by
U.S. companies in tech, infrastructure and data seeking foreign investment will require approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) before closing certain transactions. Last year, President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), which outlined the expansion of CFIUS jurisdiction to review certain
The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), signed into law in August, authorizes the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to conduct pilot programs to implement provisions of the legislation that did not become effective immediately upon enactment.
On October 10,, 2018, a FIRRMA pilot program was enacted
AstraZeneca will pay $5.5M to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle claims that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by making improper payments to state controlled health care providers in China and Russia.
Background
The SEC complaint provides that the staff of AstraZeneca’s foreign
subsidiaries bribed health care providers in China and Russia
On January 16, 2016, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lifted certain nuclear-related “secondary sanctions” (sanctions targeting non-U.S. persons for certain Iran-related activities undertaken outside of the U.S.) against Iran pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This long awaited action
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the JCPOA), between the so-called P5+1 countries (United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia and China) and Iran was formally adopted on Oct. 18, 2015 (Adoption Day) to lift certain sanctions on Iran. Please see our previous blog post
After many years of negotiations, the 12 countries making up the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) (Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam) finally reached a trade agreement on October 4, 2015. Note that the