The Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network of the U.S. Treasury Department (FinCEN) on March 21, 2025 announced an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) which, if finalized in its current form, exempts all domestic...more
The last remaining nationwide injunction pausing obligatory reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the related regulations (31 C.F.R. § 1010.380) was lifted on February 17, 2025. Absent further...more
On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court ruled on McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., granting the Government’s application to stay the injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) initially ordered by...more
1/27/2025
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Following up on our most recent blog post on developments regarding the enforcement date for the Corporate transparency Act (“CTA”), on December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Panel that will ultimately be handling the merits of...more
12/30/2024
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Following up on our most recent blog post on developments regarding the enforcement date for the CTA, on the afternoon of December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit issued its order staying the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more
12/24/2024
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As discussed in our prior blog post, on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (“District Court”) issued an order preliminarily enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and...more
Updated December 10, 2024 to reflect the U.S. Government has filed a notice to appeal the lower court's injunction.
On December 3, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (“Court”) entered a sweeping...more
Most entities formed or registered to do business in the U.S. will, beginning January 1, 2024, be required to self-report beneficial ownership information to the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more
10/12/2022
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Starting this year (2022), most private, domestic U.S. entities formed from and after January 1, 2021 will be required to self-report to the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) certain basic...more