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Fox Rothschild LLP

Corporate Transparency Deadline Rapidly Approaching for New York LLCs

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury decided in March to suspend enforcement of the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), but limited liability companies (LLCs) formed or authorized to do business in New York state still...more

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SBA Revives Franchise Directory: Benefits for Franchisors and Franchisees

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) has revived its Franchise Directory, providing significant benefits for franchise systems and their franchisees seeking financing. The directory returned June 1, 2025, as part of the...more

Carey Olsen

New filing requirements for BVI companies - frequently asked questions

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As a result of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 and the BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnership (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations, 2024, all companies incorporated or registered in the British Virgin...more

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BE-10 Filing Required for US Companies with Ownership in Non-US Businesses: Due May 30, 2025

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The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) conducts a mandatory BE-10 survey of US investments abroad every five years to produce key economic and statistical reports on the scale and effects of...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Ironic Impact of FinCEN’s New CTA Regulations on New York’s LLC Transparency Act

The NYS LLC Transparency Act (the “New York Act”) became law in January 2024 and takes effect on January 1, 2026. When in effect, it would require limited liability companies formed or qualified to do business in New York to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

CTA Deadline Approaching for Foreign Reporting Companies

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was adopted by Congress in January 2021 and became effective on January 1, 2024. Under the CTA and the initial regulations implementing it, “reporting companies” (corporations, LLCs,...more

Mayer Brown

Next Steps for Companies that Filed CTA Reports

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Millions of reporting companies breathed a sigh of relief on March 21, 2025, when the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule (the “IFR”) that exempted all domestic entities from...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Narrows Reporting Rules, Exempting U.S. Entities and Beneficial Owners

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an interim final rule exempting all U.S. entities and their beneficial owners from beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FinCEN Issues Revised Corporate Transparency Act Rule; Domestic Companies Exempt

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule under the Corporate Transparency Act. The revised rule changes the definition of “reporting company” to mean any entity that...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

UPDATE: FinCEN Pauses Penalties for CTA Reporting Noncompliance and Signals Additional Changes

As discussed in our previous alert, in connection with the recent reinstatement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its reporting obligations, FinCEN issued an announcement (the "Prior Announcement") extending the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

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

On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it would not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on a failure to file or...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Treasury Department Ends its Enforcement of CTA, But Compliance Risks Remain

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a press release announcing that, for now, the Department will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act’s Reporting Obligations Are Back in Force

The Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) reporting obligations are back in effect after a nationwide court order blocking the CTA’s implementing regulations was stayed on February 17, 2025.  Most reporting companies are now...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Trends in Corporate Law: What to Watch for in the Coming Years 

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The landscape of corporate law is constantly evolving, influenced by technological advancements, regulatory changes, and shifting societal expectations. As we look ahead, several key trends are poised to shape corporate...more

Saul Ewing LLP

FinCEN Reinstates Beneficial Ownership Reporting Deadline Following Court Ruling

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), enacted in 2021, mandates that companies disclose their true ownership to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to combat illicit financial activities. However, its...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Reinstated; Deadline Extended 30 Days

On February 19, 2025, FinCEN released a statement that BOI reporting obligations under the CTA are back in effect, after a recent U.S. District Court decision in the ongoing case of Smith et al. v. U.S. Department of the...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Deadlines Extended: What Businesses Must Know

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The nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting rule under 31 CFR 1010.380 (the “Rule”) has been stayed pending appeal, and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FinCEN fights back after Texas Federal Court blocks the CTA

On December 3, 2024, the US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas (the Texas Federal Court) granted a nationwide preliminary injunction in favor of certain small businesses, ruling (1) the Corporate Transparency Act...more

Polsinelli

Calling All SNFs… and All of Your Operational Associates – Get Ready Now: Sweeping New Disclosure Requirements Under The Updated...

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Skilled Nursing Facilities and their operational associates need to prepare themselves now for new disclosure requirements that require much greater disclosure of ownership as well as disclosure from a much broader class of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Maine Updates Ownership Disclosure Requirements

On August 9, 2024, the new Public Law 2023, ch. 633 (L.D. 2069) from Maine’s Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations (BABLO) formally went into effect, bringing an end to the previous burdensome “entire...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q2 2024)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more

White & Case LLP

FERC Clarifies Upstream Affiliate Ownership Disclosure Requirements in Market-Based Rate Applications

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On February 23, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order approving an application for market-based rate (MBR) authority to VESI 12 LLC. However, the language in this MBR approval was not...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act: Which Business Entities are Impacted, What is Required and How We Can Help

Beginning on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) requires each domestic and foreign entity that qualifies as a “reporting company” to file a Beneficial Ownership Information Report (“BOIR”) with the...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

NY’s LLC Transparency Act and NYC Real Estate – Albany Wants to Know the Secrets that You Keep[i]

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A national study released in 2015 reported that “nearly half the residential purchases of over $5 million were made by shell companies rather than named people.”[ii] Because shell companies could often be formed without...more

Allen Matkins

FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements Are Now In Effect

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Beginning on January 1, 2024, a new law, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), requires certain business entities for the first time to disclose beneficial ownership information (BOI) to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s...more

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