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New Utah AI Laws Change Disclosure Requirements and Identity Protections, Target Mental Health Chatbots

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Key Takeaways - - Utah has introduced five new bills that further shape its existing Artificial Intelligence Policy Act and add new requirements. - Both the scope of disclosure requirements surrounding the use of AI...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

OFSI Issues First-Ever Monetary Penalty for a Failure To Provide Information: Key Considerations for Companies

The Offence and Penalty - On 8 May 2025, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published its 11 April 2025 notice of its first-ever monetary penalty for an information offence relating to financial...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Increasing Oversight of Foreign Funding at Universities

On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities” and issued an accompanying Fact Sheet. The EO rekindles initiatives from...more

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Colleges and Universities Face New Scrutiny Over Foreign Gifts

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On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities, aimed at reinforcing and expanding the enforcement of Section 117 of the Higher...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFTC Advisory Outlines Materiality Criteria for Enforcement Referrals

On April 17, 2025, three operating divisions (the “Operating Divisions”) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the Division of Enforcement (“DOE”) provided guidance in CFTC Letter 25-13 (the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Colleges and Universities Must Report Certain Foreign Gifts and Contracts

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In light of recent enforcement activity, institutions of higher education should review their reporting and disclosure obligations related to foreign entities and individuals under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act (20...more

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FinCEN Interim Final Rule Signals End of Domestic Entities’ CTA Reporting Obligations

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After almost 18 months of uncertainty and confusion with respect to the implementation and enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), on Friday, March 21, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes...more

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Capital Markets Update – March 2025 One-Minute Reads

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New C&DIs related to Reg A and Reg D - On March 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) issued new and updated compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs) under...more

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FinCEN EXEMPTS U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons from CTA Reporting Requirements

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The Corporate Transparency Act (together with its implementing regulations, the CTA) is a federal law that went into effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA is aimed at combating financial crimes such as money laundering,...more

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FCA drops contentious proposals on enforcement publication

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a letter (dated 11 March) to the Treasury Select Committee providing an update on the FCA's approach to enforcement and diversity and inclusion proposals. Following the...more

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SEC Permits Rule 506(c) Accredited Investor Verification with Self-Certification

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published no-action guidance providing clarity to issuers relying on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D – an exempt offering pathway that permits issuers to publicly advertise an...more

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The end of the road for (most of) the FCA's transparency proposals

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Just over a year ago, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found itself at the centre of strong industry and political feedback when it first published its controversial proposals to ‘name and shame’ firms that it had...more

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CFTC’s Division of Enforcement Issues New Advisory on Self-Reporting, Cooperation and Remediation

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AT A GLANCE - New guidance on self-reporting, cooperation, and remediation was recently released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement (CFTC). The CFTC’s advisory includes tiered scales for...more

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Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

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The U.S. Treasury Department has suspended enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act for all U.S. citizens and domestic reporting companies. In a statement on March 2, 2025, the Treasury Department announced that it...more

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Treasury Announces Halt to CTA Enforcement—But Not Deadlines—for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

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On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will suspend enforcement of penalties and fines related to beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for...more

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The CFTC’s New Advisory on Self-Reporting, Cooperation and Remediation

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In an advisory announced February 25, 2025, the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced a new regime for assessing cooperation credit in determining fines in the...more

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Corporate Transparency Act: Treasury Announces No Enforcement for Reporting Failures by U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting...

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Last week, we reported that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reinstated the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements, with a new deadline for most...more

Ruder Ware

Hello, Goodbye: CTA Enforcement Suspended

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury suspended enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for U.S. citizens and domestic reporting companies. On Sunday night, the Treasury announced that U.S. citizens and domestic...more

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CTA is Effectively on Pause (Again)

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On Thursday, February 27, 2025, FinCEN announced that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any enforcement actions against companies based on the failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (“BOI”)...more

White and Williams LLP

Latest Corporate Transparency Act Update from FinCEN: Enforcement Paused, For Now

Stay tuned – another shoe is likely to drop from Washington D.C. on the CTA (“Corporate Transparency Act”) in the next three weeks. As we previously reported on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

UPDATE: FinCEN Pauses Penalties for CTA Reporting Noncompliance and Signals Additional Changes

As discussed in our previous alert, in connection with the recent reinstatement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its reporting obligations, FinCEN issued an announcement (the "Prior Announcement") extending the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it would not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on a failure to file or...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Treasury Department Ends its Enforcement of CTA, But Compliance Risks Remain

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a press release announcing that, for now, the Department will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

FinCEN Suspends CTA Enforcement

On February 18, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas reinstated reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (31 U.S.C. §5336), requiring reporting companies to resume...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Corporate Transparency Act Update: FinCEN Will Not Enforce the CTA Until Interim Rule is Effective

On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it will not issue any fines or penalties or initiate any other enforcement action against companies that do not file or update...more

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