Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: Updated EEOC COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Case Decision & Wage & Hour Division Proposed Rule
Digital Assets Regulation Framework: Commerce Solicits Public Comment
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
Comment Deadline Approaching: Proposed Amendments Restricting Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warnings
2BInformed: The Future of Fluoride in Drinking Water, the New TSCA Fees Rule, and the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5
Recent Actions on Ag Biotech by EPA’s Emerging Technologies Branch
III-44- A Little Help From The DOL
[WEBINAR] Laying the Foundation for Maximizing Benefits Around Emerging Technologies
[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
Episode 014: Business Divorce Stories: Business Appraiser Tony Cotrupe and Attorney Jeff Eilender
In a press release issued on March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an interim final rule (IFR) revising the definition of “reporting company” to mean only those entities formed under the laws of a foreign country that have registered...more
On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the Treasury Department, issued a new interim final rule on reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The new rule drastically...more
On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a division of the United States Department of the Treasury, published in the Federal Register an interim final rule that substantially narrows the...more
On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (“FinCEN”) interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) exempting domestic entities and U.S. persons from reporting beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) under the...more
After many years of ups and downs, legal challenges, injunctions and deadline changes, the reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) have disappeared…for most. On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Financial...more
Right on schedule, on March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an Interim Final Rule that exempts U.S. companies and persons from the requirement to report, modify, or correct beneficial ownership information (BOI) under the Corporate...more
On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published the text of an interim rule formally revising the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) definition of “reporting...more
On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that significantly narrows the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements under the Corporate...more
On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule that eliminates reporting requirements for domestic reporting companies via redefining “reporting company” to include...more
Since early December of last year, the CTA has been in a state of flux. As we recently reported, FinCEN announced it would delay the reporting deadline for most companies to March 21, 2025, and that it would provide any...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) proposed in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”) that insured IDIs keep records of individual accounts that are typically held in pooled custodial accounts that support...more
FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches - “Amendment will require non-bank financial institutions to report when they discover that information affecting...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has issued a flurry of publications relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). They pertain, in part, to a proposed extension of the filing deadline for certain...more
Form Repeatedly Invites Response of “Unknown” As to Critical Information - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has issued a notice and request for comment (“Notice”) on the proposed form to collect and...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more
As a follow-up to our earlier QuickStudies on the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 ("AMLA") and art and antiquities under the AMLA, we are providing this QuickStudy to highlight a few...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which requires corporations, limited liability companies and other similar entities to disclose beneficial ownership information to the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes...more
In this Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking feedback on principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks; the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is seeking...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: - The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a proposed rule to implement portions of the Corporate Transparency Act codified at 31 U.S.C. § 5336 (CTA). ...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the Treasury Department announced last week a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the beneficial ownership reporting requirements set forth in the Corporate...more
In This Issue. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced (1) a notice of proposed rulemaking for beneficial ownership information reporting requirements and (2) a regulatory process for new real estate...more
The CTA is a recent reporting requirement that is expected to enhance U.S. national security through increasing the difficulty involved for harmful actors to exploit opaque legal structures for laundering money, financing...more
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continued to be active under its new leadership this week, warning mortgage servicers to prepare now for an anticipated surge of homeowners needing assistance...more
The US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rule) seeking input from the public on the implementation of a reporting...more