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On November 15, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) issued a joint regulations further extending the flexibilities that have been in place relating to prescribing...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
Congress narrowly avoided hurdling off the telehealth “cliff” Bradley previously reported on in this post with the passing of the American Relief Act, 2025 on December 21, 2024...more
Late on December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed its own decision from earlier in the week, reinstating the nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of the Corporate...more
On December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the nationwide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This decision was made to "preserve the constitutional...more
On December 23, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the nationwide injunction enjoining the U.S. government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) and the corresponding reporting...more
CARB will not penalize reporting entities for incomplete Scope 1 and 2 emissions disclosures under SB 253, irritating lawmakers and raising the specter of oversight hearings....more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated and then subsequently suspended the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) over the course of the last week by staying the original...more
On December 26, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit VACATED a ruling early this week to stay the nationwide injunction enjoining the U.S. government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) and...more
Late on December 26, 2024, a panel of the Fifth Circuit ordered the injunction back into effect. Timing is uncertain for any oral arguments or other court rulings....more
In an unusual turn of events, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed itself and put the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) back on hold....more
As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Texas Top Cop...more
On Thursday, December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated the nationwide injunction staying the CTA filing deadline....more
On December 26, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit changed course, effectively reinstating the preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Treasury from enforcing the Corporate...more
Late in the day on December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a nationwide injunction staying enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its reporting rules and...more
In a continuing series of dizzying judicial actions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Dec. 26, 2024, vacated the stay and reinstated the nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the...more
After a rollercoaster ride last week, the Corporate Transparency Act's (CTA) nationwide preliminary injunction remains in place for the immediate future, pending further review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) beneficial ownership reporting deadline has been elusive in December 2024. The “fun” began when the District Court presiding over the Texas Top Cop Shop case enjoined...more
On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an unsigned order in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, No. 24-40792, reversing its prior December 23 order lifting the preliminary injunction...more
Here’s a brief recap of the CTA drama to date: On December 3, 2024, in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found the Corporate...more
In a highly unusual and unexpected order, late on December 26, 2024, a “merits panel” of the Fifth Circuit (made up of different judges than the “motions panel” that stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction on December...more
This is still a developing matter. On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit issued an order that has the effect of reinstating FinCEN’s ability to enforce the CTA and the looming December 31 deadline to file reports for any...more
If you are feeling a bit of whiplash today, you are not alone. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated a preliminary nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)....more
As previously reported, on December 23, 2024, a motions panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit grants the government’s emergency motion in the Texas Top Cop Shop matter to stay the preliminary nationwide...more