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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Dark Skies for Small Businesses Caught in Social Media Net

A new Mississippi law, known as the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act, has prompted several companies to block Mississippi IP addresses from accessing their platforms. In fact, social media company Bluesky...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The TAKE IT DOWN Act Targets AI-Generated and Authentic Nonconsensual Intimate Images

The Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a federal bipartisan effort to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate...more

Sunstein LLP

Trademarks & The First Amendment Webinar Recap

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At our webinar, "Trademarks & The First Amendment," featuring litigators Lisa Tittemore and Katherine Soule, we promised to provide an update regarding the status of the injunction in the VIP Products v. Jack Daniel’s case....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Utah’s New App Store Age Verification Law: What S.B. 142 Means for Kids, Parents, and Tech

A groundbreaking law in Utah is poised to shake up how minors access apps. Earlier this month, Utah’s state legislature passed S.B. 142 (App Store Accountability Act), which requires major app store providers to verify users’...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: Key Provisions of Trump DEI Orders Blocked

On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction against several provisions of two executive orders signed by President Trump that sought to dismantle diversity, equity, and...more

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California Law Seeking to Regulate Social Media Use by Minors Raises First Amendment Issues

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California recently enacted the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, sparking pushback from online entities who argue the law is an unconstitutional restriction on children’s First Amendment rights and a...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

California Climate Laws, CARB Opens Comment Period Seeking Industry Input by February

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On December 16, 2024, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) called for public comment on key issues related to the implementation of California’s two major climate disclosure bills, the Climate Corporate Data...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Update: The Corporate Transparency Act Put On Hold

As an update to our post on the Corporate Transparency Act, on December 3, 2024, a federal district court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction pertaining to the Corporate Transparency Act in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v....more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Texas Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act

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On Tuesday December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction which precludes enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (See, Texas Top Cop Shop,...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Corporate Transparency Act Dealt Blow by Eastern District of Texas: How Reporting Companies Can Proceed

On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “Court”) issued an opinion in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, et al....more

White and Williams LLP

Federal Court Suspends Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s Reporting Requirements

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On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) nationwide. Texas Top...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Federal Government Appeals Suspension of Corporate Transparency Act Deadline

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On December 3, 2024, the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), less than a month before the deadline. The ruling temporarily...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Nationwide Injunction Halts Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

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UPDATE as of 12/7/2024: FinCen has updated their website addressing the recent federal court order, publicly stating that reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN and...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Preliminary Injunction Blocking Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

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We previously discussed a ruling by a federal District Court in Alabama finding that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was unconstitutional, with the holding limited to the plaintiffs in the case. For general background...more

King & Spalding

Federal District Court in Texas Grants “Nationwide” Preliminary Injunction Against CTA Enforcement

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On December 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its implementing...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Nationwide Injunction Halts Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement

A recent federal court decision eliminates the present need for any person or company to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its implementing regulations. This decision may be reversed upon appeal, but as of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction of CTA

On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction regarding enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and related beneficial ownership reporting rule. The...more

Adams & Reese

“Christmas Curveball” – CTA Temporarily Blocked Nationwide by Texas Court Injunction

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A Texas federal court judge has thrown a Christmas curveball at FinCEN with less than one month remaining before the CTA deadline of Jan. 1, 2025. On that date more than 30 million companies would be required to report their...more

Holland & Hart LLP

What Does the Nationwide Preliminary Injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act Mean for Businesses?

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On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)1 and its key implementing regulations...more

Snell & Wilmer

The Corporate Transparency Act – Is it on Life Support?

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In Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Merrick Garland, a U.S. District Court in Texas has issued a potentially major setback to the continued application of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which became effective on...more

Bracewell LLP

Texas Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act

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On December 3, 2024, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction, halting enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its implementing regulations....more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Blocked by Recent Injunction

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On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) nationwide (Texas Top...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Legal Pause: Preliminary Injunction on Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement

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On December 3, 2024, in the matter of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Sherman District) issued a preliminary injunction against the Corporate...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act

With the January 1, 2025, filing deadline less than a month away, a Texas federal court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) on December 3, 2024....more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Texas Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Enjoining Enforcement of The Corporate Transparency Act Nationwide

On December 3, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, Judge Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, “determined that the CTA and Reporting Rule are likely unconstitutional for purposes of...more

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