On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will not be issuing any fines or penalties or taking any other enforcement actions against any...more
3/4/2025
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U.S. Treasury
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) issued by a federal judge in Texas (Texas...more
2/24/2025
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On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). The U.S. Chamber...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has VACATED its recent stay of the nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The court vacated its earlier stay "in...more
12/30/2024
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Stays
On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the government's emergency motion to stay the nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
12/27/2024
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Stays
On Dec. 3, 2024, in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced long-awaited finalized changes to the premerger notification form and associated instructions, as well as the premerger notification rules implementing the...more
Barring any unforeseen changes, the Corporate Transparency Act's (CTA) major reporting deadline arrives on January 1, 2025. The CTA requires all existing reporting companies (those entities formed prior to January 1, 2024) to...more
9/11/2024
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Private Equity (PE) has been a popular and frequent target of the Biden Administration’s recent antitrust enforcement efforts. Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice Antitrust Division...more
6/5/2024
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There are five crucial areas of focus that will impact mergers, acquisitions and corporate governance going forward:
New Hart Scott Rodino (HSR) rules are expected in weeks, not months....more
4/24/2024
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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Merger Controls ,
Private Equity ,
Remedies
On Friday March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is an unconstitutional overreach of Congress's enumerated powers in...more
3/6/2024
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On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act)....more
On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued final merger guidelines which significantly overhaul how the agencies determine whether potential transactions violate...more
What is the Corporate Transparency Act-
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which is part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA), established the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
12/6/2023
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Reporting Requirements
On July 19, 2023, The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice (the agencies) released a draft update of the Merger Guidelines that would significantly overhaul how the agencies review mergers and acquisitions....more
On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, in concurrence with the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division (the Agencies), proposed changes to the premerger notification form, as well as the premerger...more
6/29/2023
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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
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Merger Controls ,
Premerger Notifications ,
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Regulatory Reform