On March 21, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published an interim final rule (the “March 21 Rule”) that: Narrows (significantly) the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”)...more
3/24/2025
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Financial Crimes ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
U.S. Treasury
On January 10, 2025, the United States announced (another) major sanctions package targeting Russia, potentially representing the Biden administration’s last and best effort to strengthen Ukraine’s negotiating position in...more
1/14/2025
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Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Sector ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Ukraine
On December 23, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order staying the preliminary injunction imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Last evening, FinCEN issued a...more
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”), including a stay of the CTA’s Beneficial...more
On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a final rule (“Final Rule”) to implement the China-focused outbound investment program introduced by Executive Order 14105 (the “Outbound EO”)....more