DOJ Upends FARA Regulations With New Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on January 2, 2025, amending decades-old regulations issued under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) and dramatically increasing the reach of the statute. Most concerning, the proposed changes significantly alter an existing exemption to FARA registration upon which global corporations, U.S. subsidiaries of foreign corporations, nonprofit organizations, and lobbying and political...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP

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