In a highly unusual and unexpected order, late on December 26, 2024, a “merits panel” of the Fifth Circuit (made up of different judges than the “motions panel” that stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction on December...more
12/30/2024
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In a striking decision on December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Garland. The...more
12/5/2024
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The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) imposes on many companies (both domestic and foreign entities registered to do business in the U.S.) new federal reporting obligations including providing information on the beneficial...more
On November 29, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it was amending the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting rule (the “BOI Reporting Rule”) to...more