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K&L Gates LLP

United States: Y’all Street to Attract Business With “Pro-growth” Legislation

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Growing corporate and financial industry interest in Texas as a viable alternative to Delaware for incorporation is creating a trend, which is being called “Dexit.”...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

What’s in a Name? Delaware Amends Trade Name Registration Process

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UPDATE as of May 28, 2025: Implementation has been delayed until February 2, 2026.  Business entities should still prepare for this coming change. Delaware has overhauled how business entities register and maintain trade...more

Bracewell LLP

Texas Adopts Significant Pro-Business Corporate Law Reforms

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With a pair of bills signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on May 14, 2025, and May 20, 2025, Texas took a major step in positioning itself as the pro-business jurisdiction of choice for public and private companies. The...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New Executive Order Takes Aim at the Regulatory State

On May 9, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14294, “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations.” The EO is a continuation of President Trump’s larger effort to address the “overregulation” problem that has...more

Ius Laboris

The EU ‘Stops the Clock’ on the CSRD: What You Need to Know

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On 16 April 2025, the so-called 'Stop the Clock' Directive was published. It postpones the application dates of certain provisions contained in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ('CSRD') and the Corporate...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Texas Senate Bill 29: New Business Liability Protections and Governance Reforms for SMBs

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Texas Senate Bill 29 (SB 29), signed into law by Governor Abbott on May 14, 2025, and effective immediately, introduces substantial changes to the Texas Business Organizations Code that affect how businesses operate in the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Champion Blue LLC: Kentucky’s Play to Reshape College Athletics

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Recently, the University of Kentucky took an interesting step in the context of collegiate athletics by converting its athletic department into a limited liability company (LLC), named Champions Blue LLC. This structure makes...more

IR Global

Dubai Allows Free Zone Businesses to Expand to Mainland

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The Dubai government has recently allowed the companies in free zones to expand in the mainland Dubai. The decision was taken through Executive Council Resolution No 11 of 2025 and is aimed to increase investment and promote...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Arizona Legislature Amends Captive Insurer Provisions of Insurance Code

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On May 7, 2025, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2193 into law after the bill passed in the Arizona legislature in late April. HB 2193 amends the captive insurer section of the Insurance Code by reducing the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Passage of Senate Bill 29 Positions Texas as a Leading State for Incorporations

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On May 7, 2025, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill No. 29, which introduces a series of corporate reforms that aim to make Texas the preferred jurisdiction for legal domestication. Because S.B. 29 received a 2/3rd...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Colorado enacts its Voidable Transactions Act

On April 7, Colorado enacted SB 25-133, titled the Colorado Voidable Transactions Act, which amended and renamed the statute formerly known as the “Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act.” The Act originally created a...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

FinCEN Removes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons Under the CTA

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule (IFR) removing the requirement for U.S. domestic reporting companies and U.S. persons to report Beneficial Ownership...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

EU Parliament Votes To Delay Implementation of Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Obligations

On 3 April 2025, the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted to delay the implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The...more

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On Again, Off Again: FinCEN's New Interim Final Rule on the Corporate Transparency Act – U.S. Entities and Citizens Exempt from...

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Anyone who has followed the on-again, off-again history of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) Beneficial Owner Information (BOI) reporting requirements will not be surprised that, effective March 26, the Financial Crimes...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New York AG James Proposes Expansion of State Consumer Protection Law

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New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James recently announced her support for legislation that would significantly broaden the state’s consumer protection statute to prohibit not just deceptive acts, but also unfair and...more

A&O Shearman

CS3D - Ten questions on the Omnibus

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The European Commission’s Omnibus package, published on February 26, 2025 (the Omnibus Package or the Package), proposes to simplify the EU’s sustainability laws. At the same time, it has generated significant uncertainty for...more

Mayer Brown

End of the Road: FinCEN Adopts Interim Final Rule Virtually Eliminating CTA Filing Requirements

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On March 21, 2025, the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule (the “IFR”) that exempts all domestic entities from beneficial ownership information reporting requirements under the...more

Jaburg Wilk

CTA Reporting No Longer Required for U.S. Companies

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On March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an interim final rule declaring that U.S. companies are no longer included in the definition of a “reporting company” under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). This means that U.S....more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

Alternatives to Federal Diversity Certifications: MBE Certification for American Citizens of Arab, Middle Eastern, and North...

As a result of the federal government’s clear directives against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that put the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”), 8(a) Business Development Program, Woman-Owned Small Business (“WOSB”),...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Exempts All Entities Created in the U.S. From the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Alert stating that all entities created in the U.S.—including those previously known as “domestic reporting companies”—and their beneficial owners...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FinCEN Narrows Scope of Corporate Transparency Act

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On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (“FinCEN”) interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) exempting domestic entities and U.S. persons from reporting beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) under the...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

FinCEN Eliminates BOI Reporting for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an interim final rule significantly narrowing the scope of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) by removing the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

CTA Significantly Amended by Interim Final Rule

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On March 21, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) submitted an interim final rule (IFR) to the Federal Register, regarding the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate...more

McCarter & English, LLP

The Evolution of the CTA: FinCEN Removes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for US Companies and US Persons, Sets New...

On March 21, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced it is issuing an interim final rule to remove the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Update: U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons No Longer Required to Provide Beneficial Ownership Information under the Corporate...

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Following the Treasury Department’s announcement regarding the removal of fines and penalties under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has now advised that U.S....more

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