Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
FCPA Compliance Report: Death of CTA
The Terminator: The QPRT as a Wealth Transfer Strategy and CTA Updates
RoboCop: Overview of Corporate Basics and Compliance Filings
The Corporate Transparency Act
John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
John Neiman on the Corporate Transparency Act
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act
What Nonprofit Leaders Need To Know About the Corporate Transparency Act
Navigating Russia Sanctions
What Will the Corporate Transparency Act Mean for Your Business? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 30]
Gary Kalman on Corruption and Compliance Programs
Compliance Perspectives: Due Diligence and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO)
Episode 8 -- The Critical Importance of Beneficial Ownership to Compliance
New register of beneficial ownership of UK real estate
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 341, Brian Alster on the Problem of Beneficial Ownership
The Financial Crimes’s Enforcement Network of the U.S. Treasury Department (“FinCEN”) Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are once again back in effect....more
Is it too soon for a BOI report obituary? After a recent declaration by the U.S. Department of Justice, the FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Interest reporting requirements may be a thing of the past for American companies....more
On March 2, the Treasury announced it will suspend enforcement of fines or penalties indefinitely for beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting. This suspension of enforcement will be for U.S. domestic reporting...more
We previously reported that on December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Fifth Circuit motion panel’s stay of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) of the temporary injunction granted by...more
On February 17, 2025, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) in Smith, et. al. v. US Department of the Treasury, et. al., entered an order staying the nationwide injunction on enforcement of the...more
As of February 18, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements have been restored—at least temporarily. The new filing...more
On February 17, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, granted the Department of Justice’s request to stay the nationwide injunction that had...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its reporting requirements are back in effect. This afternoon, a federal district court in Texas granted the U.S. government’s motion to stay (i.e., pause) the nationwide CTA...more
As we previously reported, on January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the U.S. government in relation to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) – granting an emergency application to...more
While the United States Supreme Court recently lifted one nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated et al. v. McHenry (formerly Garland),...more
On Jan. 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court reinstated a stay on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Dec. 26, 2024, decision, which had upheld a lower court’s nationwide injunction blocking enforcement of the Corporate...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced in an alert posted on its website on January 24, 2025, that reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are not...more
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to stay the nationwide injunction that had previously banned enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its key...more
Few would argue that the federal government does not have a legitimate interest in preventing, detecting, and punishing tax fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes. Likewise, I imagine few would disagree with the...more
Entities should continue preparing to comply with BOI reporting requirements. On December 10, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) alerted businesses that, for now, they do not need to report their...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (31 U.S.C. § 5336, the CTA), which went into effect on January 1, 2024, requires a broad range of corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities (“reporting companies”) to file...more
Following the decision of a federal court on December 3, 2024, enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”), FinCEN announced last week that reporting companies are not currently required to file...more
As we previously discussed, on December 3, 2024, Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a memorandum opinion and order granting a nationwide preliminary injunction against the...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is the gift that keeps giving. As affected entities and their advisers struggle to determine whether they are subject to the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting provisions of...more
On March 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal with the Eleventh Circuit to appeal the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (Northeastern Division) that held...more
The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more
TRADE TIP OF THE MONTH: New Companies Have More Time To Report Ownership- The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final rule in late November to delay the deadline for newly created...more
In January of 2021, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA) went into effect, marking the most significant changes to federal anti-money laundering laws since the USA Patriot Act of 2001. The AMLA represents an attempt...more
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (“NDAA”) enacted earlier this year includes several provisions that may impose new reporting requirements on both foreign and domestic businesses. NDAA is an...more
The Regulation Process for FinCEN’s New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirement Launches - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Thursday to solicit...more