Appeals Court Finds Foreign Investor Due More Process Than CFIUS Provided
Client Alert | 1 min read | 07.16.14
Yesterday in Ralls v Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the D.C. Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of Ralls' challenge to a Presidential Order requiring divestiture of its investment in certain wind farm properties, ruling procedurally that the Defense Production Act's prohibition on judicial review of the President's decision did not bar review of an as-applied constitutional due process challenge to the process by which the decision was reached. Substantively, the court held that Ralls was deprived of property without due process by the government's failure to provide Ralls with at least the unclassified information upon which the President relied and an opportunity to rebut that information, and the court also remanded to the district court to address Ralls' APA and other challenges to CFIUS's process and recommendations to the President.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 07.01.25
DoD Establishes New DOGE Approval Process for ITC&MS and A&AS Contracts
On June 23, 2025, the DoD issued a memorandum, “Implementation of Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative,” to establish a new DOGE approval process for unclassified IT consulting and management services (ITC&MS) contracts or task orders (TOs), and advisory and assistance services (A&AS) contracts or TOs. The memorandum establishes a formal approval process, which directs DOGE to review and provide input for certain contract requirement packages included in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s May 27, 2025 directive, “Implementation of Executive Order 14222 – Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative” (“Contract Guidance”).
Client Alert | 10 min read | 07.01.25
Ninth Circuit Decision Underscores Increasing False Claims Act Risks to U.S. Importers
Client Alert | 8 min read | 06.30.25
Client Alert | 3 min read | 06.30.25