The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Dec. 3, 2024, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction suspending the government's enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its Implementing...more
12/10/2024
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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires "Reporting Companies" – domestic entities created by the filing of a document with a secretary of state and non-U.S. entities that have registered to do business in the United...more
12/6/2024
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Tenth Amendment
The National Small Business Association (NSBA) and a small business owner (also a member of the NSBA) filed a lawsuit on Nov. 15, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama challenging the...more
3/6/2024
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