On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule (IFR) significantly revising the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency...more
On February 17, 2025, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas stayed its previous order suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)’s Reporting Rule in Smith v. US Dept. of the Treasury,...more
US exits Paris Agreement after submitting Nationally Determined Contributions. In mid-December, the Biden Administration announced it submitted the US target under the Paris Agreement: cutting net carbon emissions by 61 to 66...more
1/29/2025
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On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the federal government a stay of the preliminary injunction foreclosing enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop,...more
1/27/2025
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On December 26, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the stay entered by a motions panel days earlier, which would have allowed the government to enforce the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) while it...more
12/30/2024
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Vacated
On December 23, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order granting the government's emergency motion for a stay pending appeal of the preliminary injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act...more
12/24/2024
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Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) as an anti-money laundering initiative in 2021 designed to combat the use of anonymous “shell companies” to facilitate money laundering, terrorist financing, and threaten...more
12/6/2024
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