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Ralls case affirms President’s broad CFIUS authority

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • March 14 2013

On February 22, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed all but one claim in a lawsuit filed by Chinese-owned Ralls

U.S. District Judge rules on Ralls Corp challenge to President Obama's divestiture order

  • Stoel Rives LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

There has been a new development in the effort by Ralls Corporation, a company owned by two Chinese nationals, to challenge President Obama's

The Ralls case: CFIUS authority is challenged and the government fights back

  • Kaye Scholer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 8 2012

On October 29, 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss a historic lawsuit filed on September 12 by the Ralls Corporation, a US company owned by two Chinese nationals affiliated with China’s Sany Group, against the President of the United States, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Secretary of the Treasury

President Obama cites national security considerations to block Chinese investment in wind farm projects

  • Herrick Feinstein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 23 2012

President Obama, following a recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, issued a divestment order to reverse an acquisition of four wind farm projects in Oregon by a company owned by Chinese citizens

CFIUS shows new aggressiveness in ordering divestiture of wind energy farms

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 9 2012

Recent litigation an extraordinary rarity in practice before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has highlighted a new willingness on the part of the US Government to restrict parties’ activities relating to foreign acquisitions of US companies, through measures that go beyond the standard remedies of barring transactions or ordering divestiture

Competitor collaborations in the exploration and production industry: lawful or unlawful

  • Baker Botts LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2012

A variety of agreements among competitors that are common in the energy industry (such as joint operating, joint bidding, joint venture, teaming, alliance agreements and even gas and oil participation agreements) can raise significant antitrust issues and expose the participants to both criminal sanctions and civil treble damages

What’s the deal with fracking? Regulation, litigation and due diligence

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2012

Recent enhanced drilling techniques have made it economically feasible to drill wells in certain shale formations, like the Marcellus Shale, and tap into the estimated trillions of cubic feet of natural gas trapped within those formations

Seller entitled to post-closing bonus payment despite changes to transaction terms

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 13 2012

The Delaware Supreme Court recently reversed a Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment in a case involving the sale of a renewable energy business

Mine control and mind control: how a special committee with a “controlled mindset” approved overpaying for a mining company bought from a controlling stockholder

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 12 2012

In a recent opinion issued by the Delaware Court of Chancery, In re Peru, the Court awarded $1.26 billion in damages to address a failed special committee process in a related party purchase of a business from a controlling stockholder

2011 developments in the United States

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 19 2012

In 2011 there were a number of important developments in the United States in the mergers & acquisitions and securities areas

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