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In our last update, we reported that despite the Supreme Court staying the nationwide injunction against FinCEN’s enforcement of the CTA in one Texas case, a nationwide stay of the Reporting Rule granted by a federal judge in...more
“In light of a recent federal court order, reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN and are not subject to liability if they fail to do so while the order remains in...more
Not content to have an expedited hearing in March on the merits of the case at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Government filed an application...more
December 2024 gave businesses and practitioners whiplash trying to follow the bouncing ball about whether the Corporate Transparency Act was enforceable or unconstitutional. This article summarizes the events of the past...more
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) revised beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadlines. The Fifth Circuit will...more
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
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
On December 26, 2024, in an Order entered “at the direction of the Court,” the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its own stay of District Judge Amos Mazzant’s nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
Key Takeaway: A Texas federal judge issued a nationwide injunction, but it was stayed by an appeals court. Now that stay has been lifted — so the injunction is in force again. As the year-end filing deadline approached for...more
As we previously discussed, on December 5, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), representing the Department of the Treasury, submitted a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, challenging a...more
As the year-end filing deadline approached for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), we've seen a dizzying series of court rulings that put a freeze on any enforcement of the law with a preliminary injunction, then stayed...more
This Alert is an update to our Alert dated December 24, 2024, available here and supersedes the information set forth in the December 24, 2024 Alert in its entirety. On December 26, in a rapid reversal of direction, a...more
In a rollercoaster of a ride, the merits panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on December 26, 2024, vacated the prior order of the Fifth Circuit’s motions panel staying the preliminary injunction...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered an order stopping the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its corresponding reporting rule. The U.S. government...more
On December 26, 2024, a merits panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit contributed to the frenzied whirlpool of Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) developments, reversing an earlier decision to stay...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated the nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (“the CTA”) and the related reporting...more
On December 26, 2024, a panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) vacated the previous stay of the lower court’s preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
Just three days after reinstating the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed course and vacated its own decision, thereby blocking all enforcement of...more
On December 26, 2024, in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., Case No. 4:24-cv-478 (E.D. Tex.), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal...more
In a surprise ruling, December 26, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its own stay of the Eastern District of Texas’ Dec. 3 nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) has faced yet another major pivot as of Thursday, December 26, 2024: the nationwide injunction of the CTA is in effect once again. This means that the CTA and its Reporting Rule are...more
Our roller coaster ride with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) continues. On Dec. 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated its Dec. 23 order staying the prior injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc....more
In a new twist to the ongoing legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a nationwide injunction blocking its enforcement. The December 26 decision reverses a...more