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Privacy Tip #397 – TikTok and ByteDance File Suit Against the United States

As threatened, TikTok, Inc. and ByteDance, Ltd., the owner of the TikTok app, filed suit against the United States on May 7, 2024, alleging that the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Challenges to the Corporate Transparency Act

The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), which became effective on January 1, 2024, requires certain domestic and foreign companies doing business in the United States to file a beneficial ownership report with the U.S....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Not So Sweet Home Alabama

In a recent opinion out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, the newly-effective Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) has been found unconstitutional. In National Small Business United v. Janet...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Guidelines - April 2024

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The Corporate Transparency Act’s (the “CTA”) reporting requirements are effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result, many companies in the United States will have to report information about their beneficial owners, i.e.,...more

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Federal Court Declares Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional: Implications and Recommendations for Businesses

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On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the Northern District of Alabama, Northeastern Division, ruled in U.S. v. Yellen that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) is unconstitutional. The federal district court found...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Deemed Unconstitutional in Narrow Alabama District Court Decision

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On March 1, 2024 the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Northeastern Division granted National Small Business United d/b/a the National Small Business Association its motion for summary judgment...more

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Court Finds Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional and Unenforceable as to NSBA Members

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

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John Neiman on the Corporate Transparency Act

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Representing the National Small Business Association and one of its members in a constitutional challenge of the Corporate Transparency Act, appellate attorney John Neiman shares recent developments surrounding the federal...more

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No Exception for the Masses: Update on the Corporate Transparency Act

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As many of you may have seen in the news, on March 1, 2024, a federal district court in Alabama found the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) unconstitutional. The suit, National Small Business United v. Yellen (National Small...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act Is Unconstitutional—But Not for You

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On Friday March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in NSBA v. Yellen ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional because it cannot be justified as an exercise of...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act - NSBU v. Yellen

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In a key development relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), on March 1, 2024, U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke of the Northern District of Alabama issued a memorandum opinion and final judgment ruling the...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional - For some, and for now

On March 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama found that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress’ legislative power. The 53-page opinion...more

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Federal Court Declares the Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

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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

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Alabama District Court Declares Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

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On March 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) exceeds the constitutional limits on Congress’s legislative power and is therefore...more

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When Transparency Becomes Opaque: District Court Finds Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

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Executive Summary - On 1 March 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued an opinion holding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) unconstitutional....more

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Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

In an order issued on March 1, 2024, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Alabama held that the Corporate Transparency Act violates the U.S. Constitution.  Congress had enacted the Corporate Transparency...more

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Federal District Court Finds Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

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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

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The Corporate Transparency Act Suffers a Setback (But is Still with Us)

The federal Corporate Transparency Act, or CTA, went into effect on January 1 of this year. In brief, the CTA requires business entities to file information regarding their beneficial owners and persons involved in creating...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Corporate Transparency Act Ruled Unconstitutional

On March 1, 2024, a Federal District Court in Alabama held that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is unconstitutional. The Court reasoned that the plaintiffs were entitled to summary judgment because the CTA “exceeds...more

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Alabama Federal Court Finds Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (Northeastern Division) held the Corporate Transparency Act (herein the CTA) to be unconstitutional. This decision, which came out on March 1, 2024, is...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Update: Federal District Court Rules CTA Unconstitutional

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Although existing entities covered by the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) should still plan to comply with the beneficial ownership reporting (“BOI”) requirements, a new federal district court ruling offers hope that the...more

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After Corporate Transparency Act Takes Hit in Ruling, What's Next?

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The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), a significant legislative effort aimed at curbing financial crimes by increasing corporate accountability, has been declared unconstitutional by the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Declared Unconstitutional: How Does This Impact Your Company?

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On Mar. 1, 2024, a federal district judge in Alabama ruled that the CTA is unconstitutional, holding that it exceeds the powers granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution. The ruling permanently enjoins FinCEN from...more

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Client Alert: Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Found Unconstitutional by Federal District Court

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On March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in National Small Business United et al.  v. Janet Yellen et. al., Case No. 5:22-cv-1448-LCB,  held the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) to...more

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Challenge to Corporate Transparency Act Prevails – For Now

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On March 1, 2024, a U.S. District Judge in Alabama issued a judgment holding that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional because it exceeds the Constitution’s limits on Congress’ power. Further, FinCEN is...more

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