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FCPA Compliance Report: Death of CTA

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest running podcast in compliance. In this episode, Tom welcomes back Corporate Transparency Act expert and maven Jonathan Wilson for a look at how the Trump...more

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FinCEN Exempts US Entities and Persons from CTA

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) adopted an interim final rule (Rule) exempting U.S. companies previously subject to the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)...more

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Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Releases Interim Rule Limiting Application of CTA to Foreign Companies Registered to Do...

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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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

US Treasury Issues Interim Final Rule That Removes the Requirement for US Companies and US Persons To Report Beneficial Ownership...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on March 21, 2025, that FinCEN had issued its Interim Final Rule that provides that FinCEN will not require US companies and US persons to report beneficial...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Treasury suspends enforcement of beneficial ownership information reporting for U.S. companies, focuses on foreign entities

On March 2, the Treasury announced it will suspend enforcement of fines or penalties indefinitely for beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting. This suspension of enforcement will be for U.S. domestic reporting...more

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Treasury Says It Won’t Enforce Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Companies or Citizens

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Treasury / FinCEN - Interim Final Rule and Proposed Rulemaking - On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a press release stating that it will not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens or...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Treasury Department Halts Enforcement of CTA Reporting Obligations

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it would not enforce penalties or fines associated with beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Another Urgent Update: Corporate Transparency Act is Again Enforceable with New Deadline for Reporting

We previously reported that on December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Fifth Circuit motion panel’s stay of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) of the temporary injunction granted by...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CTA Litigation Updates: Federal Judge in Maine Rules CTA is Justified, While Texas Judge Allows CTA Enforcement; FinCEN Announces...

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Developments concerning the enforceability and enforcement of the CTA came at a rapid clip last week. As things stand, the government may enforce the CTA pending a Texas court appeal in Smith v. U.S. Department of the...more

McCarter & English, LLP

The Evolution of the CTA: Beneficial Ownership Information Reports Are Due by March 21, 2025

As of February 18, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements have been restored—at least temporarily. The new filing...more

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Nationwide Injunction Halts Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act - UPDATED February 21,2025

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As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide once again need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) revised beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadlines. FinCEN has set the...more

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Whiplash Redux - The Corporate Transparency Act is Back

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The preliminary injunction in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury that was still pausing any required filings by reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was lifted on February 17, 2025 by...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Still on Hold, For Now

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On January 23, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), a law requiring millions of business entities to report information about their...more

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It Lives: Trump Administration Defends Corporate Transparency Act; May Modify its Application

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On February 5, 2025, the Trump administration added a new chapter to the saga that has been implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), filing a notice of appeal and motion for stay against an Eastern District of...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Updates

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(2/6/25) Update as of February 5, 2025: The government appealed the nationwide injunction blocking CTA enforcement in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., 6:24-cv-00336 (E.D. Tex.). FinCEN updated its...more

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FinCEN Commits to Extend CTA Reporting for 30 Days If Court Grants Stay of Injunction

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On February 5, 2025, the United States filed a motion in the case of Samantha Smith, et al., v. United States Department of Treasury, et al., to stay the order of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements Still on Hold

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), enacted in 2021, mandates that companies disclose their true ownership to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to combat illicit financial activities. However, its...more

Clark Hill PLC

CTA Litigation Update: Reporting Remains Voluntary

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On Jan. 23, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the Dec. 5 nationwide injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland (E.D. Tex.) that had halted Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) enforcement nationwide. The stay of this...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

The CTA is Back in Play, with a Slight Extension - Update

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the nationwide injunction that had previously blocked the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry). The Supreme Court’s...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Remain Paused Despite Supreme Court Order

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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

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Corporate Transparency Act – Supreme Court Weighs In

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December was a busy month of back-and-forth, on again and off again, for the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) beneficial ownership information reporting requirements. On Thursday, January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court...more

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Department Of Treasury Letter Evidences CTA Privacy Threat

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As explained in this Alert, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in an abrupt volte-face has reinstated the nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s Beneficial Ownership Information...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Status of the Corporate Transparency Act – It’s Not Clear

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Few would argue that the federal government does not have a legitimate interest in preventing, detecting, and punishing tax fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes. Likewise, I imagine few would disagree with the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

On Again, Off Again – The Corporate Transparency Act is Off Again!

On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated its previous order granting a stay of the nationwide preliminary injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No. 24-40792...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Nationwide Injunction Halts Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act - UPDATED 12-16-2024

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As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) January 1, 2025, beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadline. Yet, given the appeal...more

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