When it was enacted in August 2018, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) overhauled the US law governing CFIUS national security reviews for the first time in 11 years.  Many of FIRRMA’s most significant changes, however, await implementing regulations or other action by the Trump Administration before going into force, a process that likely has been stalled due to the US Government shutdown. This CFIUS update focuses on what has been done to date.

Special thanks to Lisa Raisner, Head of Government Relations, who co-authored this publication.

Read the full memo, CFIUS Update: Regulations Require Mandatory Filings for Certain Critical Technologies; Process Of Identifying Emerging Technologies Begins