On December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit merits panel assigned to Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, No. 24-40792, reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporation Transparency Act and...more
12/30/2024
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This alert has been updated to reflect FinCEN’s extension of the deadline after the alert was first sent.
On December 23, 2024, after expedited briefing, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit in Texas Top Shop v....more
12/24/2024
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The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has recently taken steps to expand the reach of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and related customer identification regulations. These steps build on...more
5/30/2024
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