The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) granted the federal government’s motion and stayed enforcement of a lower court’s nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency...more
12/27/2024
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Business Entities ,
Business Ownership ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Filing Requirements ,
FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stays
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, enjoining the federal government from enforcing the...more
12/17/2024
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Business Entities ,
Business Ownership ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Filing Requirements ,
FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stays
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, enjoining the federal government from enforcing the...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), which became effective on January 1, 2024, requires certain domestic and foreign companies doing business in the United States to file a beneficial ownership report with the U.S....more
4/18/2024
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FinCEN ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
On May 10, 2016, the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations that, if approved, will require business entities formed in the United States that are owned by a single foreign person to obtain an employer identification...more
5/19/2016
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Business Entities ,
Employer Identification Number (EIN) ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Ownership ,
IRS ,
Money Laundering ,
Mossack Fonseca ,
Offshore Funds ,
Panama Papers ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Haven
On January 13, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it had issued a Geographic Targeting Order (“GTO”) which will temporarily require certain title insurance companies to report the...more