On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it will not issue any fines or penalties or initiate any other enforcement action against companies that do not file or update...more
3/3/2025
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Temporary Hold
On February 17, a federal judge in Texas lifted a preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. United States Department of the Treasury, removing the last legal hurdle to the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
2/19/2025
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Last Friday, the United States Supreme Court lifted a nationwide injunction originally issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (and later upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals) in Texas Top...more
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court reinstated the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) and allowed its reporting obligations to go into effect pending a challenge to the law’s merits in the U.S. Court of Appeals for...more
As previously reported, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) and its...more
12/27/2024
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As the January 1, 2025 reporting deadline for beneficial ownership information under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) quickly approaches, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (“Court”)...more
On July 8, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued additional FAQs relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). More specifically, FinCEN provided helpful guidance pertaining to the...more
On April 18, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued additional FAQs relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). More specifically, FinCEN provided helpful guidance pertaining to the...more
On February 20, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published a small entity compliance guide (the “Guide”) that provides an overview of the requirements regarding access to beneficial ownership...more
On March 1, 2024, a Federal District Court in Alabama held that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is unconstitutional. The Court reasoned that the plaintiffs were entitled to summary judgment because the CTA “exceeds...more
The Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") reporting requirements take effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires many entities to disclose ownership information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)...more
12/4/2023
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On December 15, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”) that would implement provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) regarding access to...more
1/9/2023
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Safeguards Rule
On September 29, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the highly anticipated final rule, Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements (the “Final Rule”), implementing the beneficial...more
10/6/2022
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