On March 21, 2025, FinCEN released an interim final rule (IFR) removing the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to submit beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
On March 2, 2025, the Department of Treasury confirmed in a press release that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the BOI reporting requirements under the existing regulatory deadlines...more
On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted the federal government’s motion for a stay pending appeal and lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction in Smith, et al. v. U.S....more
On December 3, 2024, a Texas federal district court judge in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No. 4:24-cv-00478 (E.D. Tex., Dec. 3, 2024) issued a preliminary injunction nationwide temporarily halting...more
We are officially in the first week of 2024 and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN’s) regulations on Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements (BOI Reporting...more
Private U.S. companies—including U.S. subsidiaries of UK and other European companies—currently are not required to report basic information about the individuals who, directly or indirectly, own or control them....more