In the latest twist in the ongoing Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements saga, news came from Washington on March 21, 2025, that the Financial Crimes...more
3/28/2025
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Stay tuned – another shoe is likely to drop from Washington D.C. on the CTA (“Corporate Transparency Act”) in the next three weeks. As we previously reported on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more
3/4/2025
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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is back on. A federal judge in Texas has lifted the preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, 6:24-cv-00336 (E.D. Tex.), which had previously prevented the...more
December was a busy month of back-and-forth, on again and off again, for the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) beneficial ownership information reporting requirements. On Thursday, January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court...more
1/27/2025
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The reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are once again paused, according to a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) filed on December 26,...more
On Monday, December 23, 2024, a three-judge panel for the Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the preliminary injunction issued earlier this month, which paused enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
12/27/2024
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On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) nationwide. Texas Top...more
12/10/2024
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