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Adapting the Machinery

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The Case of Changyou.com Ltd v Fourworld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd and 7 others 2025 UKPC 12 - In a judgment handed down on 11 March 2025, the Privy Council has upheld the amendments made to sections 238(2)-(5) of the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Treasury suspends enforcement of beneficial ownership information reporting for U.S. companies, focuses on foreign entities

On March 2, the Treasury announced it will suspend enforcement of fines or penalties indefinitely for beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting. This suspension of enforcement will be for U.S. domestic reporting...more

DLA Piper

CTA Update: Reporting Rule Reinstated; FinCEN Imposes March 21 Reporting Deadline for Most Reporting Companies

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On February 17, 2025, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas stayed its previous order suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)’s Reporting Rule in Smith v. US Dept. of the Treasury,...more

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Return of the CTA – FinCEN Once Again Able to Enforce Filing Requirements

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The beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are back in effect. The CTA generally requires “reporting companies” (any domestic or foreign entity registered...more

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The Saga Continues: CTA Requirements are Back in Effect

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A Texas federal judge has ordered a stay of a nationwide injunction that placed the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) filing requirements on hold. As a result, the CTA’s reporting requirements are back in effect. FinCEN...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

URGENT UPDATE: Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements Back in Effect – What You Need To Know

Companies are once again required to comply with the CTA and its reporting obligations. As discussed in our previous update, last month the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) stayed (i.e., suspended the effect of)...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements Still on Hold

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), enacted in 2021, mandates that companies disclose their true ownership to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to combat illicit financial activities. However, its...more

Akerman LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court Lifts Stay of Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Yet Reporting Requirements Remain Voluntary

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On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) lifted the nationwide injunction imposed by the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland (Top Cop...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Supreme Court Intervenes in CTA Legal Battle, But Implementation Still on Hold Due to Separate Injunction

The Supreme Court has weighed in on the ongoing battle concerning the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA). As we previously wrote, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Beneficial Ownership Reporting: Litigation, Pending Legislation and Possible Future Executive Action Have Left the Fate of the...

The saga of the CTA continues. Adopted in January 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is intended to assist in identifying beneficial ownership and control of entities operating in the United States in order to...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: No Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Despite SCOTUS Ruling

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On January 23, 2025, in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) granted the government the ability to lift the injunction which halted enforcement of...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Subject to Nationwide Injunction (Again)

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The on-again, off-again nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is back on. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Merrick Garland,...more

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Federal Appeals Court Stays Nationwide Injunction of Corporate Transparency - Act #2

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An appellate panel has stayed the nationwide injunction issued by a federal judge in Texas that halted enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Hours later, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...more

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5th Circuit Reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has been reinstated by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, lifting the preliminary injunction in the Texas Top Cop Shop case....more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Update – Corporate Transparency Act on Hold

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We are writing to let you know that, as a result of a Texas court order, the filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) have been postponed indefinitely. The CTA, effective as of January 1, 2024, is...more

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Injunction Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Nationwide - What You Need to Know

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On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction that enjoins the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA)....more

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FinCEN Seeks Immediate Stay of Nationwide CTA Injunction

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On Dec. 11, 2024, the U.S. government filed a motion requesting an immediate stay of the preliminary nationwide injunction issued last week by a federal district court in Texas that temporarily halted the implementation of...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Corporate Transparency Act: What the Nationwide Injunction and DOJ Appeal Means for Companies

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

Holland & Knight LLP

Developments in the Texas Top Cop Shop Case Impact Corporate Transparency Act

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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

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Texas Federal District Court Enjoins Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act and Implementing Reporting Rule Nationwide

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On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction temporarily enjoining the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), 31 U.S.C. §5336 and its implementing...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Reporting

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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

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Nationwide Pause of Corporate Transparency Act and BOI Reporting Requirements

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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

Fenwick & West LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act: Reporting Deadline Stayed by Preliminary Injunction

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As we previously reported, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires a broad class of legal entities (referred to as “reporting companies”) to identify and report beneficial ownership information to the Treasury...more

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An Eleventh-Hour Pause on the Corporate Transparency Act

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On December 3, 2024, an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and regulations enacted under...more

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Nationwide Injunction Issued Against the Corporate Transparency Act

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On December 3, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Garland, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Court”) issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the government’s...more

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