Recent calls for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review equity transactions like the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. deal miss a consequential oversight gap — CFIUS' inability to review the subcontracting layer of U.S. infrastructure projects, says Thibaut Giret at Alstef Group.
By Thibaut Giret ( July 10, 2026, 4:46 PM EDT) -- In June, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to open a review of Paramount Skydance Corps' acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., arguing the transaction falls within the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act's critical-infrastructure prong even though the CFIUS had not flagged it on its own.[1]...
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| # | Наименование новости | Тональность | Информативность | Дата публикации |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CFIUS' Mandate Misses Foreign Risk In Project Subcontracts | 0 | 7 | 10-07-2026 |
| 2 | MassDOT, Contractors Ignored Environmental Rules, AG Says | -3 | 7 | 10-07-2026 |
| 3 | Росфинмониторинг видит риски по трети исполнителей нацпроектов | 0 | 0 | 18-06-2020 |
| 4 | ФАС предписала Минтрансу пересмотреть заявки на конкурс на почти 90 млн рублей | 0 | 0 | 30-09-2019 |
| 5 | ФАС выявила нарушения в документации конкурса на реконструкцию аэропорта Толмачево | 0 | 0 | 06-12-2019 |
| 6 | NDAA provisions would reshape Pentagon’s use of ownership stakes in private companies | 0 | 5 | 18-06-2026 |
| 7 | Генпрокуратура выявила нарушения Росконцертом при выборе агентов по госконтрактам | 0 | 0 | 01-02-2019 |
| 8 | Reuters: Petrobras выплатила американскому подрядчику многомиллионный штраф | 0 | 0 | 22-06-2019 |
| 9 | Ингушское УФАС выявило 44 нарушения контрактной системы при реализации нацпроектов | 0 | 0 | 25-07-2019 |
| 10 | UK likely to intervene in Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery | 0 | 5 | 01-07-2026 |