On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced it will not be enforcing the current Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) deadline of March 21, 2025 for Beneficial Ownership Information...more
On February 18, 2025, Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas stayed his own preliminary injunction, which had blocked the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), pending the government’s...more
On December 26, 2024, in its second order of the week related to Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Garland et al., No. 4:24-CV-478 (E.D. Texas 12/3/24), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals restored the District Court’s...more
12/31/2024
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Stays
On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Department of Justice’s motion to lift a preliminary injunction, which blocked the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This decision...more
12/24/2024
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Reporting Requirements ,
Stays
As described in a prior article, beginning on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act required companies to report beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network bureau (“FinCEN”)...more
On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the Northern District of Alabama, Northeastern Division, ruled in U.S. v. Yellen that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) is unconstitutional. The federal district court found...more
3/28/2024
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Regulatory Requirements ,
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Tax Evasion
On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (the “OAG”) issued a report mandated by the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (the “CTDPA”), Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-515 et seq. (the “Report”), which Report is...more
3/25/2024
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
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Data Breach ,
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