After almost fifteen months of legal challenges, conflicting court rulings, changing guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and a general air of uncertainty, it appears...more
3/28/2025
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Entities ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Reporting Requirements
Days after the United States Treasury Department and its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced it was suspending enforcement the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), (you can read about that in our last client...more
On February 18, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas reinstated reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (31 U.S.C. §5336), requiring reporting companies to resume...more
Beneficial owners of reporting companies, as defined under the Corporate Transparency Act (31 U.S.C. § 5336) (the “CTA”), and anyone closely following recent activity surrounding the CTA and its Reporting Rule, are likely...more
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Court”) issued an opinion in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, et al....more
12/10/2024
/ Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Texas ,
Unconstitutional Condition
A significant change in the landscape of corporate compliance is on the horizon, and it will affect the vast majority of small businesses. On January 1, 2024, reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA” or...more