On September 15, 2022, President Biden issued an executive order (the “Order”) to provide further detail and expand on the factors that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) uses to evaluate whether a foreign investment provides a risk to US national security. The Order1 is the first executive order to
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Technology, Investment and Security: The Modernization of CFIUS – What Does it Mean for the Global Investor?
By Timothy J. Keeler, Mickey Leibner & Mark Uhrynuk on
On August 13, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act, or FIRRMA, legislation designed to enhance US national security and protect US technological achievements and superiority.
FIRRMA contains a number of provisions that modify the scope and responsibilities of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or…