It’s budget season, and review of Departmental requests can offer a unique view of the year to come. For example, the Treasury Department has requested funding to hire 15 full-time employees to work on the outbound foreign investment review regime, which should begin...
The Sunflower State (yes, that’s Kansas) is the latest to wade into the national security debate, following the lead of Florida, Missouri and others that have regulated foreign ownership of property. The Kansas move would prohibit certain purchases within 150 miles of...
As expected, the Canadian government amended its Investment Canada Act, providing new tools to assess the national security risks of foreign investments. The “modernization” includes new pre-closing filing requirements in certain sectors, and increases penalties for...
In our latest video conversation, we discuss the ANPRM on bulk sensitive personal data with Eric Johnson, Principal Deputy Chief of the DoJ's Foreign Investment Review Section. We cover advisory opinions, overlap with CFIUS, timelines, and the "Four Knows" that every...
Buried inside the 67-page proposed fiscal year 2025 budget for the National Security Division was some interesting data on the number of new national security agreements in place, as well as insights on CFIUS penalties, site visits, monitoring of NSAs, and more....
According to several senior Department of Justice officials, the DoJ has sharpened its focus and increased capacity when it comes to enforcement of sanctions and export controls. And enforcement of the bulk data ANPRM will have both investigative and subpoena...
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