On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved a district court injunction that had stayed the January 1, 2025 deadline for compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Therefore, the Fifth...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas suspended the enforcement of the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its implementing regulations for “reporting companies” issued by the...more
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has updated its ‘grey list’ of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, removing Senegal and adding Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, and Lebanon. The intergovernmental organization made...more
The court issued a permanent injunction against enforcement by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for the named plaintiffs only....more
On February 13, 2024, U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to expand the Bank Secrecy Act’s definition of “financial institution” to include...more
The U.S. Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in 2020. The CTA for the first time created a federal obligation to report beneficial ownership information for most U.S. entities (and foreign entities doing...more
Effective January 1, 2024, new Treasury regulations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require many U.S. entities and foreign entities doing business in the United States to report identifying beneficial owner...more
The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a Small Entity Compliance Guide to aid in understanding and complying with the Corporate Transparency Act’s beneficial ownership information reporting...more
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has published its Final Rule establishing beneficial ownership reporting requirements for entities formed or registered in the United States...more