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Financial Crimes Supreme Court of the United States

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Thompson v. United States: A Reminder That Statutory Language is Critical in Criminal Cases

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On March 21, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court overturned a false statement conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1014 holding that the statute requires false, and not merely misleading, statements to certain federal agencies including...more

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The Supreme Court Continues Its Recent Trend of Rejecting DOJ’s Broad Reading of Federal Criminal Law in Thompson v. United States

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On March 21, 2025, the Supreme Court continued its push back on an expansive reading of the federal criminal laws involving fraud and corruption by overturning the false statement conviction of Patrick Daley Thompson. In a...more

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False Alarm? SCOTUS to Consider Whether Misleading but Literally True Statements Are “False” Under Federal Criminal Law

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If you tell your partner that you spent $100 on a rare bobblehead for your office, when the full price was actually $1,000, have you said anything false? Literally, you did spend $100; you just spent another $900 as well....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Returns: New Deadline March 21, 2025

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Newly Formed Entities Have 30 Days to File - On February 17, 2025, the Eastern District of Texas in Smith v. United States Department of the Treasury lifted the last remaining nationwide preliminary injunction on...more

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Supreme Court Grants Stay of Preliminary Injunction Against Corporate Transparency Act – Second Injunction Still In Effect

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On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay a nationwide injunction that was issued by a Texas federal judge in the case Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry. As we discussed previously,...more

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CTA Update: Supreme Court Grants Stay of Preliminary Injunction on Corporate Transparency Act

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On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the federal government a stay of the preliminary injunction foreclosing enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop,...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Update: Despite U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is Still On Hold

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an injunction that had blocked enforcement of the CTA and its regulations, as originally issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on December 3,...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

CTA Reporting Remains Voluntary Despite Recent Supreme Court Decision

On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a nationwide preliminary injunction issued in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Garland et al., creating further legal uncertainty surrounding the Corporate Transparency Act...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Fifth Circuit Issues an Expedited Appeal of CTA Nationwide Injunction

December was an eventful month for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The latest court ruling in the CTA conflict occurred on December 26, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., when the Fifth...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Status of the Corporate Transparency Act – It’s Not Clear

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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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Horizon Scanner Financial Crime - US developments - September 2024

The booklet summarises key financial crime related legal and regulatory changes expected over the next 18 months to 2 years, as well as providing electronic links to key resources. Key developments: - US Supreme Court...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court Opens Door to More APA Challenges by Ruling that Right of Action Accrues When Regulation First Causes Injury

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On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Corner Post, Inc. v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in which the Court determined when a Section 702 claim under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Supreme Court False Claims Act Ruling May Affect Paycheck Protection Program Lenders

On June 1, the Supreme Court ruled that entities that submit false claims to the government can be liable if they subjectively believed the claims were false at the time of submission. ...more

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