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0 pointsblisseyGo5y ago0 comments

Regarding the retaining US lawyers part - I think it would fall under FARA:

https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara

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The EO imposes a prohibition on financial transactions between US citizens (and probably also residents?) and ByteDance, so they wouldn't be able to pay their lawyers even if registered. So it's essentially a ban on having lawyers

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0 pointsblisseyGo5y ago0 comments

Regarding the retaining US lawyers part - I think it would fall under FARA:

https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara

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dodobirdlord5y ago

The EO imposes a prohibition on financial transactions between US citizens (and probably also residents?) and ByteDance, so they wouldn't be able to pay their lawyers even if registered. So it's essentially a ban on having lawyers

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