NDAA, Reporting Requirements

EPA Extends TSCA PFAS Reporting Deadline

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 9/6/2024

On September 5, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a direct final rule announcing an 8-month extension to the PFAS reporting deadline under the Toxic Substances Control Act...more

Triggers That Require Reporting Companies to File Updated Beneficial Ownership Interest Reports

Winstead PC on 7/23/2024

On January 1, 2024, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and its annual National Defense Authorization Act....more

Product Importers: Are You Ready for the New PFAS Reporting Requirements Under TSCA?

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/27/2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching and important final rule (Rule) on Oct. 11, 2023, requiring comprehensive reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured and...more

Updates on GHG Emissions Disclosure Requirements

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/28/2024

Class Deviation Prohibits DoD from Requiring Contractors to Disclose Emissions - Over the past two years, the FAR Council has been working to develop a rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) to...more

Court Finds Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 3/15/2024

On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional in National Small Business United v. Yellen, No....more

Seven New PFAS Added to the Toxics Release Inventory for Reporting Year 2024

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 3/5/2024

On January 9, 2024, EPA issued a press release announcing the addition of seven additional PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for Reporting Year 2024. These seven PFAS were automatically added to the TRI for Reporting...more

2023 PFAS Year in Review: EPA Policy and Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Litigation Updates

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/18/2024

2023 was a busy year for folks following legal developments related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In December, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Second Annual Progress Report. Some of...more

Trust and Estate Considerations With the Corporate Transparency Act

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/12/2024

The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act and establishes that certain types of business entities must report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)...more

FinCEN’s Final Regulations to Implement the Corporate Transparency Act

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/8/2024

Pursuant to the adoption of comprehensive revisions to the U.S. anti-money laundering statutes as part of the Defense Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Defense Act”), on September 30, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement...more

The Corporate Transparency Act: An Overview

The Rodman Law Group, LLC on 1/2/2024

The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA” or “Act”), enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, marks a significant shift in the regulatory framework for businesses in the United States....more

The Corporate Transparency Act takes Effect Monday, January 1, 2024

Allen Barron, Inc. on 1/2/2024

The Corporate Transparency Act takes effect Monday, January 1, 2024. What are the primary goals of the Corporate Transparency Act? Who is required to comply with the information disclosures within this important new law and...more

The Corporate Transparency Act: What Is It and What Does It Mean for Business Owners?

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/29/2023

A significant change in the landscape of corporate compliance is on the horizon, and it will affect the vast majority of small businesses. On January 1, 2024, reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA” or...more

Continuing an Annual Tradition, the NDAA Contains PFAS Provisions of Note

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/20/2023

The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (H.R. 2670), which authorizes expenditures for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD or Department), passed the House of Representatives on Dec. 14, 2023, and is headed to...more

New Year, New Reporting Requirements: What the Corporate Transparency Act Means for Your Business

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC on 12/20/2023

Beginning on January 1, 2024, certain companies (called “reporting companies”) formed or registered to do business in the United States will be required to report their beneficial owners, as well as the identities of the...more

Canadian Dual-Listed Company Insiders Remain Exempt from U.S. Short-Swing Profit and Insider Reporting Rules

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP on 12/18/2023

In a positive development since our earlier bulletin, the U.S. House and Senate have decided to retain the exemptions from obligations imposed under section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are relied upon by...more

Foreign Private Issuers Escape Potential Section 16 Reporting Obligations … For Now

Troutman Pepper on 12/15/2023

Foreign private issuers (FPIs) may have dodged a bullet on December 7 after Congress scrapped a proposal to impose the reporting obligations under Section 16 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), on FPIs...more

Are you prepared for the Corporate Transparency Act’s new reporting requirements?

Bricker Graydon LLP on 12/14/2023

The Corporate Transparency Act’s (the “CTA”) new beneficial ownership reporting requirements are rapidly approaching. Starting on January 1, 2024, any newly created domestic or foreign (i.e., companies organized outside of...more

Overview of New Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act

Stinson LLP on 12/6/2023

What is the Corporate Transparency Act- The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which is part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA), established the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more

FinCEN Imposes New Reporting Requirements on LLCs and Other Entities

Seward & Kissel LLP on 12/4/2023

The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), a set of new regulations being implemented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), requires entities newly formed or registered to do business in the United States...more

SEC Enforcement Actions Against Public Companies and Subsidiaries Jump in FY 2023

Cornerstone Research on 11/16/2023

Total monetary value of settlements fell to lowest level in last eight fiscal years. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed 91 enforcement actions against public companies and subsidiaries in fiscal year...more

Interim Rule Establishes New Supply Chain Diligence Requirements for Contractors

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/6/2023

A new interim rule aimed at safeguarding the federal supply chain prohibits contractors from delivering or using covered articles and sources subject to exclusion or removal orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply...more

Canadian Dual-Listed Company Insiders May Become Subject to U.S. Short-Swing Profit and Insider Reporting Rules

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP on 11/1/2023

Buried in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which the U.S. Senate passed earlier this year, is a provision that, if enacted, will eliminate exemptions relied upon by insiders of dual-listed Canadian...more

EPA Releases Final Rule Increasing PFAS Reporting Under EPCRA

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 10/30/2023

On October 18, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new final rule that categorized as chemicals of special concern all per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that industry must currently...more

US EPA Issues Final Rule on PFAS Relating to Community Right-to-Know and Pollution Prevention Acts

Troutman Pepper on 10/30/2023

On October 18, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention submitted a final rule for publication in the Federal Register, amending 40 CFR Part 372, involving reporting...more

The Corporate Transparency Act to Take Effect: What Business Owners Need to Know

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP on 10/23/2023

U.S. companies will soon face new reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The new law will require entities identified as reporting companies to provide information about their beneficial owners....more

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