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John Neiman on the Corporate Transparency Act
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
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on March 21, 2025, that FinCEN had issued its Interim Final Rule that provides that FinCEN will not require US companies and US persons to report beneficial...more
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
The final judicial barrier to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements has been lifted. The Corporate...more
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
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
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
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
On Jan. 23, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the Dec. 5 nationwide injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland (E.D. Tex.) that had halted Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) enforcement nationwide. The stay of this...more
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
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
On January 23, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned a nationwide injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). However, the implementing regulations of the CTA remain unenforceable due to a...more
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
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
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
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
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
As the government and interested parties continue to fight over the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s reporting requirements, prudent businesses and reporting companies should be prepared to comply with all...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Dec. 13, 2024, filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to stay the nationwide preliminary injunction that was issued by the U.S. District Court...more
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) January 1, 2025, beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadline. Yet, given the appeal...more
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
As noted in a previous alert, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires “reporting companies” to file beneficial ownership information with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) by...more
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
Entities should continue preparing to comply with BOI reporting requirements. On December 10, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) alerted businesses that, for now, they do not need to report their...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) plays a vital role in protecting the U.S. and international financial systems, as well as people across the country, from illicit finance threats like terrorist financing, drug...more