On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued a new interim final rule (new IFR) significantly limiting the scope of reporting required under the...more
On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) significantly limited the scope of reporting required under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
On March 2, 2025, the United States Department of Treasury announced that it will not enforce fines or penalties based on the existing deadlines for reporting beneficial ownership information under the CTA beneficial...more
On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it intends to issue an interim final rule by March 21, 2025, with extended beneficial ownership information reporting deadlines. It...more
On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) reversed the U.S. district court’s preliminary injunction staying the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the implementing Reporting Rule in Texas Top Cop Shop v...more
On February 19, 2025, the Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an updated alert stating that, in view of the Smith district court’s decision lifting its nationwide stay of the CTA reporting rule, “beneficial...more
Late in the day on December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a nationwide injunction staying enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its reporting rules and...more
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On December 23, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Merrick Garland, Civil Action No.4:24-CV-478 (5th Cir. 2024), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a nationwide preliminary injunction and stay of the U.S. Corporate...more
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On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction temporarily enjoining the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), 31 U.S.C. §5336 and its implementing...more
On March 1, 2024, an Alabama federal court declared the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) unconstitutional—but only enjoined its enforcement as to the specific litigants.
As described in our prior alerts, the CTA...more