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There is significant potential that the Congressional Review Act (CRA) will play a prominent role in the early weeks of the Trump Administration. Below, we will break down what the CRA is, when it applies, and how it may be...more
A U.S. District Judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting FinCEN from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the final rule implementing it (Reporting Rule) on Dec. 3 in the case Texas Top Cop...more
On December 3, 2024, a federal district court in the Eastern District of Texas issued an order granting a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Texas Top Cop Shop,...more
Background - A potential ban of the popular social media app, TikTok, has been in the news for years, but recent events suggest that it may become reality for Americans in the coming weeks. On December 6, 2024, the U.S. Court...more
On December 6, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (“Act”). The Act, signed into law by...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). In response, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s...more
On December 3, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., Case No. 4:24-cv-478 (E.D. Tex.), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the Court) issued a nationwide preliminary...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas suspended the enforcement of the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its implementing regulations for “reporting companies” issued by the...more
On Thursday, December 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice filed notice that it plans to appeal the nationwide injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Texas Top Cop Shop v....more
On December 3, 2024, Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency...more
On December 3, 2024, a Texas federal district court issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires all corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and many other entities created or registered to do business in any U.S. state to file a beneficial ownership...more
Incoming “border czar” Tom Homan said President-elect Trump’s administration will crank up workplace raids as part of its broader immigration crackdown. Speaking on “Fox & Friends” after the announcement of his...more
On December 5, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ), filed a Notice of Appeal in response to a U.S. District Court’s recently issued, nationwide preliminary injunction stopping the reporting obligations under the Corporate...more
Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Amos L. Mazzant preliminarily enjoined the Corporate Transparency Act and its implementing regulations. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, 2024 WL 4953814 (Dec. 03, 2024). Two...more
On December 3, 2024, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas preliminarily enjoined the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), 31 U.S.C. § 5336, nationwide and stayed the reporting deadline of January...more
There is important news regarding the Beneficial Owners Interest (BOI) report based upon a recent District Court decision in Texas. In the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., Case No. 4:24-cv-478,...more
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On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, a Texas federal judge granted a preliminary injunction halting the continuing implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., blocking enforcement of the Corporate...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
In the Appeal of Mather, the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) held in a precedential opinion that New York City’s (NYC) Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) was not a tax “imposed by and paid to another state,” as required...more
Until recently, Massachusetts was the only state that did not maintain a licensing regime for nonresident pharmacies (i.e., out-of-state pharmacies shipping drugs into the state). On December 6, 2024, the Massachusetts Board...more
With power changing hands in Washington, D.C., what can marijuana industry members expect from the 119th Congress? Two GOP proposals from the 118th Congress may foreshadow the likely path for federal marijuana legalization....more