On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury published its revised Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule, also known...more
On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will not be issuing any fines or penalties or taking any other enforcement actions against any...more
3/4/2025
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Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
U.S. Treasury
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has VACATED its recent stay of the nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The court vacated its earlier stay "in...more
12/30/2024
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Stays
On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the government's emergency motion to stay the nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
12/27/2024
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Business Ownership ,
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FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stays
On Dec. 3, 2024, in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency...more
Barring any unforeseen changes, the Corporate Transparency Act's (CTA) major reporting deadline arrives on January 1, 2025. The CTA requires all existing reporting companies (those entities formed prior to January 1, 2024) to...more
9/11/2024
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FinCEN ,
Homeowners Association (HOA) ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
On Friday March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is an unconstitutional overreach of Congress's enumerated powers in...more
3/6/2024
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Business Ownership ,
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Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Policy ,
Interstate Commerce ,
National Security ,
NSBA ,
Reporting Requirements
At the end of December, China acknowledged the existence of the coronavirus, and this burgeoning heath crisis is becoming a supply chain problem. China, a major manufacturing hub for materials, products and components being...more
2/24/2020
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Business Interruption ,
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Distributors ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Health and Safety ,
Imports ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Inventory ,
Manufacturers ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Material Adverse Effects ,
Performance Standards ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Health ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retail Market ,
Risk Management ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain ,
Third-Party Relationships
The Financial Accounting Standards Board's new revenue recognition standard is expected to have wide-ranging effects on M&A transactions. The new revenue recognition standard under GAAP will be applicable to public companies...more
A standard part of every financial statement audit is providing the auditor a representation letter reaffirming certain assertions that are implicit in preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The AICPA...more
In Berman v. Neo@ogilvy LLC, the Unites States District Court for the Southern District of New York held an employee must report information to the SEC in order to qualify for the anti-retaliation protections afforded by the...more
On December 18, 2013, the SEC published its proposal to modify Regulation A. The SEC is proposing to expand Regulation A into two tiers: Tier 1, for offerings of up to $5 million; and Tier 2, for offerings of up to $50...more
12/31/2013
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Dodd-Frank ,
Eligibility ,
Equity Securities ,
Exemptions ,
Offerings ,
Private Equity ,
Private Offerings ,
Regulation A ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Startups
In General -
Growing companies need to be aware of the requirements of Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. If the thresholds of Section 12(g) are crossed, which look principally to the number of shareholders, the...more