After almost fifteen months of legal challenges, conflicting court rulings, changing guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and a general air of uncertainty, it appears...more
3/28/2025
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Business Entities ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Entities ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Reporting Requirements
Days after the United States Treasury Department and its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced it was suspending enforcement the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), (you can read about that in our last client...more
On February 18, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas reinstated reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (31 U.S.C. §5336), requiring reporting companies to resume...more
As of January 1, 2025, new reporting requirements and annual filings under Pennsylvania Act 122 of 2022 have become effective. Under this new legislation, business entities and other organizations operating in Pennsylvania...more
Beneficial owners of reporting companies, as defined under the Corporate Transparency Act (31 U.S.C. § 5336) (the “CTA”), and anyone closely following recent activity surrounding the CTA and its Reporting Rule, are likely...more
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Court”) issued an opinion in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, et al....more
12/10/2024
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Texas ,
Unconstitutional Condition
Although the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) became effective Jan. 1, 2024, in just two short months, its constitutionality was challenged in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama’s decision issued on March...more
3/7/2024
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Beneficial Owner ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Deadlines ,
FinCEN ,
Fraud ,
Noncompliance ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Transparency ,
Unconstitutional Condition