Businesses that are subject to the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulations have four weeks left to submit their annual notices of compliance or acknowledge their noncompliance. When the regulations were amended in 2023, several of...more
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury ended months of speculation regarding how the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) would be implemented and enforced under the second Trump administration. Via press release,...more
Keypoint: New York has amended its data breach notification law twice in the last 60 days to (1) add a 30-day deadline for notifying affected residents, (2) clarify that covered financial entities must still notify the New...more
2/25/2025
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
NYDFS ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Privacy Laws
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide once again need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) revised beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadlines. FinCEN has set the...more
2/24/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Appeals ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
U.S. Treasury
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) revised beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadlines, though the situation may...more
1/27/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Compliance ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) revised beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadlines. The Fifth Circuit will...more
1/3/2025
/ Appeals ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
FinCEN ,
Injunctions ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Vacated
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) revised beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadlines....more
12/27/2024
/ Appeals ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
FinCEN ,
Injunctions ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stays
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) January 1, 2025, beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadline. Yet, given the appeal...more
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) January 1, 2025, beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadline. Yet, given the appeal...more
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) January 1, 2025, beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadline. Yet, given the appeal...more
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) January 1, 2025, beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadline. Yet, given the...more
Keypoint: The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an industry letter outlining the threats posed to U.S. companies who hire remote technology workers linked to North Korea and may embezzle funds...more
11/5/2024
/ Due Diligence ,
Electronic Monitoring ,
Embezzlement ,
Employee Training ,
FBI ,
Financial Institutions ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Industry Letters ,
Information Technology ,
North Korea ,
NYDFS ,
Remote Working ,
US Department of State
Keypoint: The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) circulated an industry letter offering guidance to NYDFS “Covered Entities” for assessing and managing AI-related cybersecurity risks, including threats...more
On September 20, 2024, a U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon rejected new challenges to the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in Firestone, et al. v. Janet Yellen, et al. Case No....more
10/9/2024
/ Commerce Clause ,
Congressional Authority ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Eighth Amendment ,
Fifth Amendment ,
FinCEN ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Small Business ,
Vagueness
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a pivotal piece of legislation aimed at preventing financial crimes, is under constitutional scrutiny. We previously reported that on March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the...more
On February 23, 2024, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision in West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & Co. emphasizing the primacy of the board of directors’ responsibility to manage a Delaware...more
Small business owners around the country have been receiving “Form 4022,” a letter from the “United States Business Regulation Department” under the guise of enforcing the recently effective Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
On Friday March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in NSBA v. Yellen ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional because it cannot be justified as an exercise of...more