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Recent Changes to Texas Corporate Laws Could Make the State a More Attractive Choice for Entity Formation and Re-domestication of...

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The Texas legislature concluded its 89th Regular Session on June 2, 2025. During the session, the energy industry paid significant attention to legislative actions impacting the power industry in the areas of grid management,...more

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Economic Substance Declaration Filings – May 2025

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The Economic Substance Act 2018 (the “Act”) requires Bermuda-based entities that are carrying on a “relevant activity” in a relevant financial period and entities claiming “non-resident entity” status under the Act to file an...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New York AG James Proposes Expansion of State Consumer Protection Law

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New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James recently announced her support for legislation that would significantly broaden the state’s consumer protection statute to prohibit not just deceptive acts, but also unfair and...more

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CS3D - Ten questions on the Omnibus

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The European Commission’s Omnibus package, published on February 26, 2025 (the Omnibus Package or the Package), proposes to simplify the EU’s sustainability laws. At the same time, it has generated significant uncertainty for...more

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FinCEN Drops Interim Rule on Reporting for U.S. Companies, But It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

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Right on schedule, on March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an Interim Final Rule that exempts U.S. companies and persons from the requirement to report, modify, or correct beneficial ownership information (BOI) under the Corporate...more

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

A Continuing Saga of CTA Uncertainty

On February 27, 2025, FinCEN published guidance related to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) taking the position that it would not “issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any...more

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Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

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The U.S. Treasury Department has suspended enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act for all U.S. citizens and domestic reporting companies. In a statement on March 2, 2025, the Treasury Department announced that it...more

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Legislature Takes Steps to Ensure Texas Remains the Most Business-Friendly State in the Union

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On February 27, 2025, Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) filed Senate Bill 29 (S.B. 29), proposing several corporate reforms designed to ensure that Texas remains the premier business-friendly jurisdiction in the nation. If...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

The Corporate Transparency Act is Back On (For Now)

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The beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) have been reinstated, and are, once again, mandatory after a Texas federal district court judge’s order on Tuesday,...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Corporate Transparency Act – BOI Report Filings Mandatory Again

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On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an Order in the Smith case lifting the preliminary injunction against enforcement of the CTA. Therefore, BOI Report filings are once again...more

Allen Matkins

A Clearly Rattled Delaware Contemplates Significant Changes To Its Corporations Code

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On Monday, Delaware State Senator Bryan Townsend introduced Senate Bill 21 which would, among other things, statutorily define "controlling stockholder" and substantially change the rules governing the "cleansing" of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

New Annual Report Requirement for Pennsylvania Business Entities

On November 3, 2022, Governor Wolf signed into law Act 122 of 2022. Among the many changes made by this legislation, Act 122 created an annual reporting requirement (like that imposed by most states) for most Pennsylvania...more

Ruder Ware

The CTA Journey – It Goes On and On and On

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The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) has been on a journey this past month with a whirlwind of court rulings: halted by a federal district court, reinstated by the Fifth Circuit’s motions panel, had its reporting deadlines...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Its Own Stay Rendering the Corporate Transparency Act Unenforceable . . . Again

On December 26, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, No. 24-40792, 2024 WL 5224138 (5th Cir. Dec. 26, 2024), a merits panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order vacating the...more

Conyers

Top 5 British Virgin Islands Publications of 2024

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Our British Virgin Islands office’s most popular publications provided valuable insights on doing business in the jurisdiction, effective asset recovery tools, strategies for addressing modern legal challenges, corporate...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Breaking: Corporate Transparency Act on Hold Again

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Late on December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed its own decision from earlier in the week, reinstating the nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of the Corporate...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reinstates Nationwide Injunction Blocking Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

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On December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the nationwide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This decision was made to "preserve the constitutional...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Fifth Circuit changes course—CTA preliminary injunction reinstated

On December 26, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit changed course, effectively reinstating the preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more

Perkins Coie

Corporate Transparency Act: Court Swiftly Reimposes Injunction Against Enforcement

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As reported in our recent Update, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the beneficial ownership information reporting requirements of the...more

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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Injunction Halting Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act

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On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an unsigned order in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, No. 24-40792,  reversing its prior December 23 order lifting the preliminary injunction...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Reporting Companies Are (Again) Not Required to Comply with the CTA

Here’s a brief recap of the CTA drama to date: On December 3, 2024, in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found the Corporate...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Fifth Circuit Reinstates Nationwide Preliminary Injunction that Enjoined Reporting and Enforcement Under The Corporate...

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In a highly unusual and unexpected order, late on December 26, 2024, a “merits panel” of the Fifth Circuit (made up of different judges than the “motions panel” that stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction on December...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Fifth Circuit Panel Reinstates District Court’s Nationwide Stay on the CTA

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Following up on our most recent blog post on developments regarding the enforcement date for the Corporate transparency Act (“CTA”), on December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Panel that will ultimately be handling the merits of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act Nationwide Injunction Reinstated

If you are feeling a bit of whiplash today, you are not alone. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated a preliminary nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)....more

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Corporate Transparency Act Subject to Nationwide Injunction (Again)

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The on-again, off-again nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is back on. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Merrick Garland,...more

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