On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated its previous order granting a stay of the nationwide preliminary injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No. 24-40792...more
On December 3, 2024, a Texas federal district court judge in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No. 4:24-cv-00478 (E.D. Tex., Dec. 3, 2024) issued a nationwide preliminary injunction temporarily enjoining...more
On December 3, 2024, a Texas federal district court judge in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No. 4:24-cv-00478 (E.D. Tex., Dec. 3, 2024) issued a preliminary injunction nationwide temporarily halting...more
As we approach the final quarter of 2024, we wanted to remind you of the rapidly approaching deadline for the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements under the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
We are officially in the first week of 2024 and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN’s) regulations on Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements (BOI Reporting...more
On October 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (proposed rule) addressing “mixing transactions” that involve convertible...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released its Illicit Finance Risk Assessment of Decentralized Finance (Assessment). This Assessment, part of a broad regulatory scrutiny of entities that...more
On January 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) designated Bitzlato Limited (Bitzlato), a crypto asset exchange business incorporated in Hong Kong, as a “primary money...more
Welcome to Wilson Sonsini’s Focus on Fintech newsletter. This quarterly newsletter provides ongoing analysis and commentary on regulatory developments impacting the fintech industry.
The third quarter of 2022 has been a...more
11/2/2022
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On September 30, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published its final regulations on Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Requirements. The regulations...more