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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

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - December 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

SBA WOSB/EDWOSB Rule Updates Outside Employment Requirements & Status Protest Rules

Applicable to all solicitations issued on or after January 3, 2025, a Small Business Administration (SBA) final rule published earlier this month updates a number of regulations within the SBA Women-Owned Small Business...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Global Equity and Employment Law Considerations for 2025

Many countries finalized new regulations and released new guidance in 2024 regarding global equity plans. Multinational companies should confirm whether their equity grant materials and plan administration align with such...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

Does current ethics training enhance organizational integrity?

The world is changing rapidly, and old ways of leading will not take us where we need to go—especially due to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. Therefore, traditional models of leadership development and...more

Conyers

Segregated Portfolio Companies: Cayman Courts Upholding the Segregated Principle

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A Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC) provides for the protection of the assets held under one portfolio by ring-fencing them from the liabilities of other portfolios in the same company. SPCs were introduced in the Cayman...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Update: CTA Filing Requirements Are "On" - Compliance Required by January 13, 2025 (for most reporting companies)

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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

Latham & Watkins LLP

CARB Will Not Fully Enforce California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act in 2026

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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

Morris James LLP

Chancery Decision Provides Instructive Guidance on Referencing Private Agreements in Corporate Charters and Bylaws

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Seavitt v. N-able, Inc., C.A. No. 2023-0326-JTL (Del. Ch. July 25, 2024) - Earlier this year, the Court of Chancery in West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis (“Moelis”) invalidated a stockholders’ agreement...more

Freeman Law

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) | Reporting Requirements, Potential Penalties, and Impending (but Suspended) Deadlines.

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Most U.S.-based business entities are now required by a federal statute to report their “beneficial ownership information” (BOI) to an agency known as “FinCEN,” the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. BOI reporting is...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

CTA UPDATE: No Action Needed Yet - Mandatory CTA Filings are “OFF” For Now

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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

Hogan Lovells

Fifth Circuit dissolves CTA injunction; FinCEN extends filing deadline

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On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved a district court injunction that had stayed the January 1, 2025 deadline for compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Therefore, the Fifth...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Another Urgent Update on the Corporate Transparency Act: Nationwide Injunction Back in Effect – All CTA Reporting Stayed

In an Alert earlier last week, we reported that on December 23, 2024, a motion panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) motion for a stay, or...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: Corporate Transparency Act: Nationwide Injunction Restored; Filing Deadlines Paused - Update – Fifth Circuit...

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The ongoing legal saga in the federal courts surrounding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (31 U.S.C. § 5336) has reversed course, yet again. On December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

Allen Matkins

Can Delaware Exercise Jurisdiction Over Rupert Murdoch?

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In an opinion issued just after Christmas, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster ruled that a derivative lawsuit may proceed against the directors and officers of Fox Corporation.  The plaintiffs are claiming that the directors...more

Bracewell LLP

Further Action From the Fifth Circuit Renders the Corporate Transparency Act Unenforceable Nationwide

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On December 26, 2024, a merits panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) vacated the previously reported December 23, 2024 stay, giving new life to the nationwide preliminary injunction of the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The State of the Law of Requirements Contracts

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Amid increasing pressure on supply chains across the globe, multiple recent court opinions have disrupted the law of requirements contracts. These decisions are critical as requirements contracts are common features across...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

UPDATE - CTA Whiplash; Fifth Circuit Reverses itself and Blocks Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements

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On December 26, 2024, in a very short opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which on December 23 had lifted a national stay imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in the case...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Enforcement Action Against Church & Dwight Director: Lessons for Outside Directors

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The SEC’s settlement with James R. Craigie, former CEO, chairman, and director of Church & Dwight Co. Inc., for violating proxy disclosure rules by standing for election as an independent director without disclosing his close...more

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[Webcast Transcript] Breaking Down Barriers: Leveraging Unified AI and Cross-Functional Data Strategies to Drive Business Results 

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Editor’s Note: HaystackID® brought together industry experts in a recent webcast to discuss the interplay of artificial intelligence (AI), data management, and cross-functional collaboration in modern organizations. The...more

Burr & Forman

Corporate Transparency Act Halted (Again): What’s Happened and What’s Next?

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What happened now? On December 26, 2024, and only three days after lifting the nationwide injunction pending appeal, the merits panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a nationwide injunction...more

Hinckley Allen

Update: Courts Again Block Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act

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On December 26, 2024, in its second order of the week related to Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Garland et al., No. 4:24-CV-478 (E.D. Texas 12/3/24), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals restored the District Court’s...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Corporate Transparency Act: Reinstatement of Preliminary Injunction

By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). The...more

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

Nationwide Injunction of CTA Enforcement Reinstated

Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) has again been halted.  On December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated its own stay order entered three days earlier.  The most...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Canada (Updated)

INTRODUCTION - Bilingual and Bi-Juridical - Canada is a bilingual, bi-juridical, and multi-cultural country, composed of 10 provinces and 3 territories. English and French are federally mandated official languages...more

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