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The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order on January 23, 2025, which provisionally reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) while a legal challenge to it continues. This brief order, which stayed an injunction against the...more
Few would argue that the federal government does not have a legitimate interest in preventing, detecting, and punishing tax fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes. Likewise, I imagine few would disagree with the...more
On December 26, 2024, a merits panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that had been entered by the United States...more
On December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its stay of the preliminary injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), 31 U.S.C. § 5336. This decision reinstates the injunction nationwide, meaning...more
On December 23, 2024, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) issued an Order staying the nationwide preliminary injunction issued earlier in the month by a district court in...more
In a recent client alert, we notified clients that on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Dec. 3, 2024, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction suspending the government's enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its Implementing...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires "Reporting Companies" – domestic entities created by the filing of a document with a secretary of state and non-U.S. entities that have registered to do business in the United...more
Entities subject to CTA coverage should continue to prepare to report BOI to FINCEN. On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Merrick Garland (Civil Action No. 4:24-CV-478), issued a memorandum opinion and order granting a nationwide...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its beneficial ownership information (BOI)...more
On September 20, 2024, a U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon rejected new challenges to the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in Firestone, et al. v. Janet Yellen, et al. Case No....more
As discussed in our prior two alerts (found here), effective as of Jan. 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act and rules issued thereunder by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) (collectively, the “CTA”)...more
On Friday, March 1, 2024, a federal judge in Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional. See NSBU v. Yellen, No. 5:22-cv-1448, 2024 BL 69366, 2024 Us Dist Lexis 36205 (N.D. Ala. Mar. 01, 2024). Here...more
The CTA and Legal Challenges - The CTA is a sweeping new anti-money-laundering law that, as of January 1, 2024, requires most entities formed or registered to do business in the United States to disclose detailed...more
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is unconstitutional. The CTA requires many U.S. entities to disclose their individual beneficial...more
In 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which will be administered and enforced by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the United States Treasury Department, in an effort to implement...more
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Northeastern Division published an opinion finding that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is unconstitutional as exceeding the U.S....more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which became effective on January 1, 2024, was enacted to combat the use of shell companies by those seeking to evade anti-money laundering laws and economic sanctions. ...more
On March 1, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama declared the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) unconstitutional, and suspended its enforcement against the plaintiffs in that case. While most...more
Recent Development - On March 1, 2024, a federal court in Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act violates the U.S. Constitution and is unenforceable on its face. The decision (NSBU v. Yellen) is highly...more
Don’t panic! It is business as usual for those subject to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama held the CTA...more
The National Small Business Association (NSBA) and a small business owner (also a member of the NSBA) filed a lawsuit on Nov. 15, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama challenging the...more
On March 1, 2024, an Alabama federal court declared the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) unconstitutional—but only enjoined its enforcement as to the specific litigants. As described in our prior alerts, the CTA...more
The decision of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in the case of National Small Business United v. Yellen, announced on Friday, March 1, 2024, has created uncertainty for both reporting companies...more