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CFIUS Filing Fees Go Into Effect May 1
April 29, 2020, Covington Alert
The day we have all been expecting has finally come — CFIUS filing fees are going into effect on May 1, 2020. As discussed in our earlier alert, on March 4, 2020, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued a proposed rule regarding CFIUS filing fees, which were authorized under the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”). Today, April 28, 2020, Treasury filed an interim final rule (“the Rule”) implementing those fees, which goes into effect almost immediately, on May 1, 2020.
CFIUS Proposes New Rules Governing Mandatory Filing Requirements for Critical Technology Businesses
May 21, 2020, Covington Alert
On May 21, 2020, the Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would amend the requirements to file with CFIUS certain transactions involving U.S. businesses that produce, design, test, manufacture, fabricate, or develop ...
May 19, 2020, Covington Alert
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) released its Annual Report to Congress regarding foreign acquisitions of, and investments in, U.S. businesses reviewed by CFIUS in 2018. The Committee also released a table reflecting data on the total number of formal reviews (not declarations) in 2019.
April 1, 2020, Covington Alert
The scope and scale of recent events is almost inconceivable. All of us —including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) — are sailing in uncharted waters. That said, while we may not have all of the answers, we are able to share some insights from the CFIUS front lines regarding how the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic ...