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The CFPB has announced it will not make enforcement of its rule requiring financial institutions to report their lending to women-owned, LGBTQI+-owned and minority-owned small businesses a priority....more
On April 30, the CFPB announced it will deprioritize enforcement and supervision of its small business lending data collection rule for institutions not covered by the stay issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more
In the latest twist involving the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the only nationwide injunction still in effect that barred enforcement of the CTA’s filing deadlines (Smith vs. U.S. Department of the Treasury) was stayed...more
On Feb. 17, the Texas federal district court in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury granted the government’s motion for an immediate stay pending appeal of the nationwide order staying the effective date of the final...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements are back in effect. On Monday, February 18, 2025, a federal district court in Texas granted a stay of the nationwide...more
In a pivotal development, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has stayed enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Small Business Lending Rule — also known as Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank...more
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay that blocks for many financial institutions the implementation of a CFPB rule that requires the institutions to report information contained in loan applications submitted...more
On February 5, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice of appeal and motion for stay of the injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) issued by the Eastern District of Texas in Smith...more
Considering conflicting rulings, businesses remain understandably confused about whether to file their mandated Beneficial Ownership Reports with FinCen. As of this writing, the answer remains that businesses may file but are...more
January 24, 2025 Update: On January 24, FinCEN published updated reporting guidance in which it announced that reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN despite the...more
After a few days on a legal roller coaster, enforcement and reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) remain on hold as lawsuits challenging the CTA’s constitutionality continue. On Jan. 23, 2025, the...more
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the federal government’s motion to stay the nationwide injunction blocking the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) enforcement, issued by the federal district court of the...more
Companies are still not required to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)—despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday suggesting otherwise. On January 23, the High Court stayed a December 3 injunction in...more
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the injunction issued by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, et al. Case No. 4:24-cv-478 (E.D. Tex.) (Texas Top Cop Case)....more
The rollercoaster has more hills and turns. On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed that the Government is entitled to a stay of the universal injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). In light of this...more
In the latest twist on the back-and-forth CTA battle, on January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) once again stayed (i.e., suspended the effect of) the nationwide preliminary injunction against...more
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that appears to settle – for now – a nearly two-month-long legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which began with a nationwide preliminary...more
In response to the Supreme Court’s opinion released yesterday granting the government’s motion to stay the nationwide injunction issued in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more
On January 23, 2025, it appeared that the Supreme Court had given the green light to FinCEN to resume enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its beneficial ownership information reporting requirements after...more
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the nationwide preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court in Texas in December 2024 in the Texas Top Cop Shop litigation....more
This Corporate Advisory provides a brief update on recent litigation regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its reporting requirements. It is not intended to, and does not, provide legal, compliance or other...more
As has been widely reported, U.S. District Court Judge Amos L. Mazzant in early December of last year preliminarily enjoined the CTA and its implementing regulations. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, 2024 WL 5049220...more
UPDATE: Please note there is a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act. The injunction, which applies nationwide, was granted by a Texas federal district court and such injunction has...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) has been on a journey this past month with a whirlwind of court rulings: halted by a federal district court, reinstated by the Fifth Circuit’s motions panel, had its reporting deadlines...more
On December 26, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, No. 24-40792, 2024 WL 5224138 (5th Cir. Dec. 26, 2024), a merits panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order vacating the...more