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Corporate Transparency Act Update - FinCEN Interim Rule

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On March 21, FinCEN issued an interim rule that implements the reduced scope of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) previously announced on March 2....more

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Corporate Transparency Act Updates - March 2025

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On March 2, the United States Treasury Department announced a permanent suspension of Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) enforcement against domestic reporting companies and their beneficial owners. Foreign companies and...more

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CTA Litigation Updates: Federal Judge in Maine Rules CTA is Justified, While Texas Judge Allows CTA Enforcement; FinCEN Announces...

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Developments concerning the enforceability and enforcement of the CTA came at a rapid clip last week. As things stand, the government may enforce the CTA pending a Texas court appeal in Smith v. U.S. Department of the...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act is Back

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On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, a Federal district judge in Texas lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. U.S. Dept. of Treasury, which means that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its...more

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The Evolution of the CTA: Beneficial Ownership Information Reports Are Due by March 21, 2025

As of February 18, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements have been restored—at least temporarily. The new filing...more

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Nationwide Injunction Halts Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act - UPDATED February 21,2025

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As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide once again need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) revised beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadlines. FinCEN has set the...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Updates - February 2025

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On February 18, a federal court lifted the remaining injunction blocking enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), previously discussed. In response, FinCEN has stated that the reporting deadline for existing...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FinCEN Reinstates CTA Reporting Obligations

On February 18, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Revived After Last Remaining Nationwide Preliminary Injunction is Lifted - Reporting Deadlines Extended

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On February 18, 2025, the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas lifted the last remaining nationwide preliminary injunction of the CTA in the Smith case. This follows a decision on January 23, 2025, by...more

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Court Lifts Injunction on Corporate Transparency Act – Most Companies Must File by March 21, 2025

After months of litigation, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is once again effective, and most companies subject to the CTA are required to file Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) reports with the U.S. Treasury’s...more

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Must File CTA Reports by March 21, 2025

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On February 17, 2025, Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas stayed the final remaining nationwide preliminary injunction that had temporarily blocked enforcement of the...more

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FinCEN Confirms New CTA Filing Deadline - But Congress Looks to Push Deadlines For Some Reporting Entities to 2026

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On February 18, 2025, in a widely expected decision, the Eastern District of Texas, in the case of Smith v. United States Dep't of the Treasury, 2025 WL 41924 (E.D. Tex.), and following the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court...more

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Whiplash Redux - The Corporate Transparency Act is Back

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The preliminary injunction in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury that was still pausing any required filings by reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was lifted on February 17, 2025 by...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Update: Injuction Lifted - Corporate Transparency Act Back in Effect

On February 17, a federal judge in Texas lifted a preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. United States Department of the Treasury, removing the last legal hurdle to the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act...more

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U.S. Government Appeals CTA Injunction - But Changes to Reporting Requirements May Be On The Horizon

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As we previously reported, on January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the U.S. government in relation to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) – granting an emergency application to...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Still on Hold, For Now

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On January 23, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), a law requiring millions of business entities to report information about their...more

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It Lives: Trump Administration Defends Corporate Transparency Act; May Modify its Application

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On February 5, 2025, the Trump administration added a new chapter to the saga that has been implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), filing a notice of appeal and motion for stay against an Eastern District of...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Updates

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(2/6/25) Update as of February 5, 2025: The government appealed the nationwide injunction blocking CTA enforcement in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., 6:24-cv-00336 (E.D. Tex.). FinCEN updated its...more

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FinCEN Commits to Extend CTA Reporting for 30 Days If Court Grants Stay of Injunction

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On February 5, 2025, the United States filed a motion in the case of Samantha Smith, et al., v. United States Department of Treasury, et al., to stay the order of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,...more

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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

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CTA Litigation Update: Reporting Remains Voluntary

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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

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Corporate Transparency Act Update

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On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court granted the government’s application for stay of a recent district court’s preliminary injunction of the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more

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Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit CTA Injunction, But Clarity Remains Elusive

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On Jan. 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court reinstated a stay on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Dec. 26, 2024, decision, which had upheld a lower court’s nationwide injunction blocking enforcement of the Corporate...more

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The CTA is Back in Play, with a Slight Extension - Update

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the nationwide injunction that had previously blocked the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry). The Supreme Court’s...more

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Another Twist in the Corporate Transparency Act Saga: FinCEN Announces That Ownership Information Reporting Is Not Currently...

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced in an alert posted on its website on January 24, 2025, that reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are not...more

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