On April 11, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) that would modify and expand CFIUS’s mitigation and
International
OFAC Again Extends Authorizations Under Russia General License 13
On April 12, 2024, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) again extended previous Russia-related General License (GL) 13 by issuing a revised GL 13I, “Authorizing Certain Administrative Transactions Prohibited by Directive 4 under Executive…
United States Bans Imports of and Services Related to Russian-Origin Aluminum, Copper and Nickel
On April 12, 2024, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) signed a new determination under section 1(a)(i)(A) of Executive Order 14068 of March 11, 2022 as amended by Executive Order 14114 of December 22, 2023. According to this determination,…
OFAC Again Extends Venezuela General License Delaying PdVSA 2020 8.5% Bond-Related Authorizations
On April 15, 2024, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License (GL) 5O, “Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to the Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. 2020 8.5 Percent Bond on or After August 13,…
CFIUS Proposes Important Changes to Foreign Investment Rules with Focus on Enforcement
On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury), as the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) “to enhance certain CFIUS procedures and sharpen…
Council of EU publishes text of daisy chain proposal
On 15 April 2024, the Council of the EU published the text of the proposed Directive amending the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive and the Resolution establishing the Single Resolution Mechanism as regards certain aspects of the minimum requirement for…
California Proposes Revisions to Autorenewal Law
On April 1, 2024, California’s legislature introduced Assembly Bill 2863, which proposes amendments to California’s Automatic Renewal Law. If enacted, the proposed amendments would introduce stricter mandates for disclosures, consent, and cancellation processes and further align California’s ARL with the…
PSR publishes Annual Plan for 2024/2025
On 9 April 2024, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) published its Annual Plan for 2024/2025, setting out the PSR’s key aims, activities and expected costs for 2024/2025.
The Annual Plan highlights that this year (the third of the PSR’s…
Key dates next week
Global
- 17 April 2024 -On 17 January 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions published a report on streamlining variation margin processes and the responsiveness of initial margin models in non-centrally cleared markets.
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New HSR Rules Will be Finalized Within Weeks, According to DOJ Official
Last summer, the antitrust agencies proposed sweeping changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Act premerger notification form and associated rules. Covered in detail here, the proposed changes would significantly increase the time, burden, and costs on merging parties to prepare…