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Upcoming Deadline for Beneficial Ownership Information Reports Under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

Effective January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) requires many U.S. businesses to disclose information regarding their beneficial owners. Failure to comply with the Act can result in significant civil and...more

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Court Challenge to Corporate Transparency Act Rebuffed – For Now

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On September 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon for the District of Oregon issued an Opinion and Order in favor of defendants in the case. Firestone, et al.. v Janet Yellen, et al., Case No. 3:24-cv-1034 (D. Ore.)...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Challenges to the Corporate Transparency Act

The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), which became effective on January 1, 2024, requires certain domestic and foreign companies doing business in the United States to file a beneficial ownership report with the U.S....more

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Not So Sweet Home Alabama

In a recent opinion out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, the newly-effective Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) has been found unconstitutional. In National Small Business United v. Janet...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Guidelines - April 2024

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The Corporate Transparency Act’s (the “CTA”) reporting requirements are effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result, many companies in the United States will have to report information about their beneficial owners, i.e.,...more

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Federal Court Declares Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional: Implications and Recommendations for Businesses

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On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the Northern District of Alabama, Northeastern Division, ruled in U.S. v. Yellen that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) is unconstitutional. The federal district court found...more

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No Exception for the Masses: Update on the Corporate Transparency Act

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As many of you may have seen in the news, on March 1, 2024, a federal district court in Alabama found the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) unconstitutional. The suit, National Small Business United v. Yellen (National Small...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act Is Unconstitutional—But Not for You

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On Friday March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in NSBA v. Yellen ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional because it cannot be justified as an exercise of...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act - NSBU v. Yellen

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In a key development relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), on March 1, 2024, U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke of the Northern District of Alabama issued a memorandum opinion and final judgment ruling the...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional - For some, and for now

On March 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama found that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress’ legislative power. The 53-page opinion...more

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Alabama District Court Declares Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

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On March 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) exceeds the constitutional limits on Congress’s legislative power and is therefore...more

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Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

In an order issued on March 1, 2024, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Alabama held that the Corporate Transparency Act violates the U.S. Constitution.  Congress had enacted the Corporate Transparency...more

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Federal District Court Finds Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional

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The National Small Business Association (NSBA) and a small business owner (also a member of the NSBA) filed a lawsuit on Nov. 15, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama challenging the...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act Suffers a Setback (But is Still with Us)

The federal Corporate Transparency Act, or CTA, went into effect on January 1 of this year. In brief, the CTA requires business entities to file information regarding their beneficial owners and persons involved in creating...more

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Client Alert: Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Found Unconstitutional by Federal District Court

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On March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in National Small Business United et al.  v. Janet Yellen et. al., Case No. 5:22-cv-1448-LCB,  held the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) to...more

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Challenge to Corporate Transparency Act Prevails – For Now

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On March 1, 2024, a U.S. District Judge in Alabama issued a judgment holding that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional because it exceeds the Constitution’s limits on Congress’ power. Further, FinCEN is...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.24.2020 | Top Story: TikTok Confirms Plans to Sue U.S. over Recent Executive Orders Targeting App

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More on TikTok’s plans to sue the U.S. over the White House’s recent executive orders seeking to block the app on American soil and force its owner, ByteDance, to sell its American assets. The company intends to argue that...more

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