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October 15, 2019 - National Security
Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 3): CFIUS Spotlight on “TID” U.S. Businesses
By: Charles L. Capito
This is the third in our multipart series of alerts addressing proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2019, for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). FIRRMA directed the U.S. Department
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October 01, 2019 - National Security
Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 2): Proposed Regulations Would Expand CFIUS Review of Real Estate Transactions
By: Charles L. Capito
This is the second in our multipart series of alerts addressing proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2019, for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). One
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September 25, 2019 - National Security
Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 1): Key Takeaways from the “Modernized” CFIUS Regulations
By: Charles L. Capito
After more than a year of anticipation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has released proposed regulations to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). These proposed regulations follow an initial round of FIRRMA-implementing regulations issued in October 2018, which most notably
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September 19, 2019 - National Security
MoForward 2020 Sneak Peek: The New and Modernized Foreign Investment and Export Control Regimes
By: Charles L. Capito
Mark your calendars for MoFo’s third annual MoForward program, which will be held once again at the Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner, on November 5. For more details and to register, click here. Leading up to our event, we will post sneak peeks of our
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August 12, 2019 - National Security
New Rule Implementing NDAA Prohibition: U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology
By: W. Jay DeVecchio and Charles L. Capito
The latest in a string of U.S. government (USG) actions restricting the use of Chinese technology in the U.S. supply chain is an interim rule issued by the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) implementing
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January 08, 2019 - Federal Procurement, National Security
Senate Bill Demonstrates Continued Interest in the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain
By: Damien C. Specht and Locke Bell
For years, United States security agencies have recognized a threat to government information technology systems posed by contractor supply chains. The Government has struggled, however, to balance national security assessments of a contractor’s supply chain (which may include classified or otherwise sensitive information) against
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Topic Archives: National Security

Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 3): CFIUS Spotlight on “TID” U.S. Businesses

By: Charles L. Capito

Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 2): Proposed Regulations Would Expand CFIUS Review of Real Estate Transactions

By: Charles L. Capito

Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 1): Key Takeaways from the “Modernized” CFIUS Regulations

By: Charles L. Capito

MoForward 2020 Sneak Peek: The New and Modernized Foreign Investment and Export Control Regimes

By: Charles L. Capito

New Rule Implementing NDAA Prohibition: U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology

By: W. Jay DeVecchio and Charles L. Capito

Senate Bill Demonstrates Continued Interest in the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain

By: Damien C. Specht and Locke Bell