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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Compliance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Filing Deadlines ,
FinCEN ,
Interim Rule ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Temporary Hold
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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Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Business Ownership ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Smaller Reporting Companies ,
Stays ,
Time Extensions
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 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 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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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Safeguards Rule
On September 22, 2021, the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance published a sample letter to companies regarding climate change disclosure. The letter contains sample comments that the Division may issue to companies...more
9/28/2021
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Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Division of Corporate Finance ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Form 10-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supervisory Guidance