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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of... more +
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes by collecting, monitoring, and analyzing financial transaction data. Such data is disseminated to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies. less -
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Treasury Department Will Not Enforce Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Businesses

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After months of uncertainty, legal challenges, and changing deadlines under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Treasury Department issued a press release on March 2, 2025, stating that it would not enforce any...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

FinCEN Announces Deadline Extension and Enforcement Pause

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The ongoing saga of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) continues! On the evening of February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced three key developments. What Does This Mean for Your...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

UPDATE – Mandatory BOI Reporting Requirements Reinstated; March 21, 2025 Due Date

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In our last client alert about the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), an injunction against enforcement of the CTA remained in effect. On February 17, 2025, the injunction was stayed, and there are currently no impediments to...more

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Texas Court Recognizes Supreme Court Ruling, Reinstates BOI Filing Requirement

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA or the Act) is back in play. In an Order released on Feb. 17, 2025, a federal district court in the Eastern District of Texas stayed its Order from Jan. 7, 2025, which had enjoined...more

Perkins Coie

Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Reinstates Reporting Requirements with March 21 Deadline

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Earlier this week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a new notice confirming that the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements are back in effect....more

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Client Alert: Mandatory CTA Compliance Returns – What You Need to Know

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On February 17, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas lifted the last remaining nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) previously issued in Smith v. US...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Back in Effect: March 21 Is the New Deadline to File Beneficial Ownership Reports

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The Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) reporting requirements are officially back in force, requiring non-exempt entities to disclose beneficial ownership information (BOI). This week, a Texas federal court lifted the last...more

Adams & Reese

FinCEN Gets Green Light from Texas Court to Enforce the Corporate Transparency Act

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The courts have spoken, and the last nationwide injunction has fallen. FinCEN has a green light to enforce the Corporate Transparency Act, and the federal agency has set a new deadline in March for companies to report....more

Wiley Rein LLP

CTA Update: Supreme Court Temporarily Lifts Injunction, but Requirements Remain Blocked

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that appears to settle – for now – a nearly two-month-long legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which began with a nationwide preliminary...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Provisionally Reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order on January 23, 2025, which provisionally reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) while a legal challenge to it continues. This brief order, which stayed an injunction against the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

What’s Ahead as Corporate Transparency Act Comes to a Crossroads

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The recent whiplash regarding the validity of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)—it was enjoined just to particular parties, then enjoined nationwide, then un-enjoined, then enjoined again, while other courts let it...more

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Court of Appeals Says Corporate Transparency Act Is Enforceable Again – FinCEN Extends Compliance Deadlines

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On December 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stopped an order blocking the nationwide enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), pending resolution of the Department of the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Update zum US-Transparenzregister

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Handlungsbedarf für Unternehmen bis Jahresende - Nachdem das Transparenzregister in Deutschland und Europa inzwischen seit einigen Jahren existiert und dessen Meldepflichten in der Praxis umfassend beachtet werden, gibt...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Corporate Transparency Act: Client Alert Update

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As we enter December, the deadline for existing non-exempt entities to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is fast approaching. Entities that were formed or registered to do business in the United States prior to...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Enforcement News: Broker-Dealers Settle Charges for Filing Deficient SARs

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The Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and implementing regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) require that broker-dealers file a suspicious activity report (SAR”) with...more

NAVEX

How Compliance Teams Can Think About Risk in Modern Times

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A few weeks back the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a bulletin urging financial firms to do better at identifying deepfakes that fraudsters might use to evade customer due diligence programs. The...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Corporate Transparency Act: Deadline Approaching

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Before we know it, 2024 will be coming to a close. As we approach the end of the year, we want to remind you of an important upcoming deadline under the Corporate Transparency Act. Companies formed before January 1, 2024 must...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act: What You Need to Know Ahead of the January 1, 2025 Deadline

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The January 1, 2025 deadline for any “reporting company” formed prior to January 1, 2024 to file a Beneficial Ownership Information Report (“BOIR”) with the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more

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Deadline Approaching Under The Corporate Transparency Act

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Have you filed your company’s BOI report? As announced in December 2023, under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), certain legal entities formed before January 1, 2024 have to file a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

FCPA, Export Controls, and Sanctions Enforcement: Adjusting Compliance Strategies for the New Normal

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As the interplay between export controls, trade sanctions, and anticorruption enforcement continues to intensify, multinational companies must remain vigilant in ensuring that their compliance programs address the many...more

Perkins Coie

Corporate Transparency Act Midyear Update: Game-Changing FinCEN Guidance and What To Do To Meet Year-End Filing Obligations

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June marked the six-month milestone for the implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)—the landmark anti-money laundering law requiring beneficial ownership reporting for U.S. companies that became effective on...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Enforcement News: SEC Charges Bank With Misleading Investors About The Strength Of Its BSA/AML Compliance Program And Its...

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The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, also known as the “BSA,” enacted in 1970, established requirements for record-keeping and reporting by banks and other financial institutions. The BSA is designed to, among...more

K&L Gates LLP

AML Update: SEC and FinCEN Propose Anti-Money Laundering and Customer Identification Programs for Investment Advisers

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Introduction - On 13 May 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Treasury’s (DoT) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) jointly proposed rulemaking to implement Section 326 of the...more

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DOJ Enhancing Its Sanctions Toolkit

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President Biden recently signed a foreign aid bill that will have significant implications for United States sanctions enforcement, specifically Section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705)...more

Bracewell LLP

Federal Judge Rules Corporate Transparency Act Is Unconstitutional: Takeaways and Next Steps

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On March 1, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama granted summary judgment to Issac Winkles and the National Small Business Association (NSBA), holding that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is...more

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