On Friday, March 21, 2025, FinCEN announced an interim rule that removed Beneficial Ownership (“BOI”) reporting requirements for U.S. companies and U.S. persons under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). FinCEN’s new...more
On Thursday, February 27, 2025, FinCEN announced that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any enforcement actions against companies based on the failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (“BOI”)...more
As of today, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is back in effect, with the deadline to file Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) extended to March 21, 2025 for those entities that are not exempt from filing....more
2/20/2025
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Despite a Supreme Court order issued on January 23, 2025, as of January 24, 2025, FinCEN has stated they are not requiring companies to file under the CTA. On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an unsigned order,...more
1/27/2025
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Stays
On December 26, 2024, in an Order entered “at the direction of the Court,” the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its own stay of District Judge Amos Mazzant’s nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
On December 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an Order staying the nationwide injunction that previously halted the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). Without further...more
FinCEN has issued an alert acknowledging the nationwide injunction halting the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). FinCEN stated that they will “comply with the order … for as long as it remains in...more
In a broad and significant decision, on December 3, 2024, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from enforcement of the...more