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
On March 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule which narrows the scope of existing beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the...more
Stay tuned – another shoe is likely to drop from Washington D.C. on the CTA (“Corporate Transparency Act”) in the next three weeks. As we previously reported on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...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 et al., stayed (lifted) the injunction blocking the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency...more
On February 19, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that most reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) must now submit their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports...more
On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas stayed the nationwide injunction it previously issued in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., 6:24-cv-00336 (Smith case)....more
As we near the end of 2024, it’s crucial to be aware of an important deadline under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Reporting companies formed before January 1, 2024, must file their initial Beneficial Ownership...more
The federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) became effective on January 1, 2024, and despite multiple challenges and ongoing court cases, the CTA remains in effect. The CTA requires many entities to file beneficial ownership...more
Effective January 1, 2024, companies must disclose their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) within the United States Department of Treasury. The reporting requirement is part of the U.S....more
November 29, 2023 Update: In the ever-evolving world of the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), there was good news from the Treasury Department today. Reporting Companies formed on or after January 1, 2024, will have...more
CTA Denial #3: “My industry’s lobbyists would never allow such a law to get passed.” Lobbyists had staved off attempts to implement the CTA, and its predecessor bills, for decades....more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has issued a flurry of publications relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). They pertain, in part, to a proposed extension of the filing deadline for certain...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) is proposing to amend the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting rule (the “Reporting Rule”) to extend the filing deadline for certain companies to file their...more
Presently, forming a corporation, LLC, or other entity in the U.S. can be done on a largely anonymous basis, without naming its owners and with only limited disclosures about managers, officers, and directors. Under the...more
FinCEN ha estado ocupada en la búsqueda de combatir la corrupción, como lo demuestra la emisión consecutiva de Avisos de Propuesta de Reglamentación (“NPRMs”). El 6/12/21, emitieron el (Proceso regulatorio para los nuevos...more
FinCEN has been busy in the quest to fight corruption as evidenced by back-to-back issuance of Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs). On 12/6/21, they issued the (Regulatory Process for New Real Estate Sector Reporting...more
OVERLAP IN THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934 - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) presides over two separate beneficial ownership reporting schemes under Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....more
In a blog post early last year, we reported on the passage of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) enacted on January 1, 2021, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. As previously...more
Background and Development - On December 7, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) for the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). ...more
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 was a game-changing piece of legislation. Perhaps the most important provision is the expansion of beneficial ownership regulatory authority....more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed rules to require certain entities to file reports with FinCEN that identify two categories of individuals: The beneficial owners of the entity; and individuals...more
On September 15, 2020, FinCEN issued a Final Rule stating that Banks lacking a Federal Functional Regulator will be required to establish and implement AML programs including policies and procedures, a dedicated compliance...more