On February 27, 2025, FinCEN announced “that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on any failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (BOI)...more
The Corporate Transparency Act’s reporting obligations are once again in force. For virtually all reporting companies, the new deadline to file an initial, updated and/or corrected beneficial ownership information (BOI)...more
On December 26, 2024, a merits panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that had been entered by the United States...more
1/3/2025
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On August 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) that will define most SEC-registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) and exempt reporting advisers (“ERAs”) as...more
10/16/2024
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