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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Joins the Government-Wide Pursuit of Cartels - UPDATED 3/18/25

On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) specifically aimed at combatting Mexico-based cartels and other criminals along the southwest border of the United...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Treasury Department Confirms: No Fines or Penalties in Connection with BOI Reporting Deadlines

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While the March 21, 2025 filing deadline under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) remains in place, the Treasury Department announced on March 2nd that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with...more

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NEED MORE COWBELL: FinCEN Not Satisfied with Current Deadlines and Requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act

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On February 27, 2025, FinCEN issued a press release announcing future changes but giving no guidance about the scope of those changes: “No later than March 21, 2025, FinCEN intends to issue an interim final rule that...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Corporate Transparency Act is Back On–Again!

On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted the federal government’s motion for a stay pending appeal and lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction in Smith, et al. v. U.S....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Return of the CTA: FinCEN Confirms that Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements are Back in Effect with a New...

On February 19, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that beneficial ownership information reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are back in effect with a new...more

Foley Hoag LLP

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

CTA Reporting Requirements Reinstated With March 21 Deadline for Most Reporting Companies

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As a result of a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday, February 18, beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Back In Effect With Extension

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Reporting obligations related to the Corporate Transparency Act (“the CTA”) are set to return. As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, a federal judge in Texas (Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Bessent) issued a...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

The Corporate Transparency Act Is Back in Effect With a March 21 Reporting Deadline

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced in a February 19, 2025 alert that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is back in effect. The new deadline for most companies to...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Reinstated; Deadline Extended 30 Days

On February 19, 2025, FinCEN released a statement that BOI reporting obligations under the CTA are back in effect, after a recent U.S. District Court decision in the ongoing case of Smith et al. v. U.S. Department of the...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements Are Back: New March 21 Deadline

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

McGlinchey Stafford

CTA’s Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirement Resumes – At Least for Now

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As the saga of on-again-off-again requirements continues to unfold, FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) have undergone significant changes due to...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

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

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

DOJ Seeks to Reinstate Corporate Transparency Act

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

CTA Reporting Requirements Blocked Again

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It’s hard to keep track of the status of reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) these days, but in a second ruling during the holiday week, a court blocked the filing requirement again. ...more

Dickinson Wright

Fifth Circuit Reinstates CTA Injunction, FinCEN Still Accepting Voluntary Filings

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In a surprising reversal, on December 26, 2024, a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an Order that vacated (effectively reversing) the same court’s order from December 23, 2024, and reinstated a lower court’s...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

CTA UPDATE – Fifth Circuit Reinstates Nationwide Preliminary Injunction

On December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland,...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Yet Another Twist: Fifth Circuit Reinstates Nationwide Freeze on Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Filing Deadlines – What...

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Seventy-two hours after a motions panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the effect of a nationwide preliminary injunction imposed by a Texas federal district court blocking the reporting deadline for...more

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Fifth Circuit Vacates Stay of Corporate Transparency Act Injunction, Again Putting Deadlines on Hold

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On December 26, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the stay entered by a motions panel days earlier, which would have allowed the government to enforce the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) while it...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Saga Continues: Fifth Circuit Court Reinstates Nationwide Injunction on CTA Pausing FinCEN’s Recently Announced Reporting...

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury reset Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting deadlines. However, on December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a...more

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Nationwide Injunction Halting Enforcement of CTA Reinstated

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated the stay with respect to Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) compliance which means that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of Treasury (FinCEN) is...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Fifth Circuit Court Stays Nationwide Injunction on CTA Enforcement - BOI Reporting Requirements Resume

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On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order temporarily staying the nationwide preliminary injunction previously granted in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al. While...more

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Fifth Circuit Reverses CTA Injunction, Deadline Extended

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On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an Order which granted a stay of a lower court’s nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA or the Act). Texas Top Cop...more

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Fifth Circuit Overturns Preliminary Nationwide Injunction Against Corporate Transparency Act – FinCEN Announces Extension of...

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On December 23, 2024, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted the preliminary injunction recently imposed by a Texas district court that had blocked the reporting deadline for filing Beneficial...more

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