On his first day in office, President Trump signed Executive Order 14157 calling for the designation of certain cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) or specially...more
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 Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its implementing regulations (Regulations) require entities within its scope (reporting companies) to disclose information, including about their beneficial owners, to the U.S....more
12/16/2024
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On September 9, 2024, the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Munter, delivered remarks describing circumstances in which, in the SEC staff’s view, entities may engage in cryptoasset...more
The Corporate Transparency Act and its implementing regulations (together CTA) came into effect on January 1, 2024, requiring entities within its scope to disclose information, including about their beneficial owners, to the...more
2/2/2024
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On September 29, 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a long-awaited final rule implementing the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements of the...more