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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

OFAC Imposes Largest-Ever Penalty on Nonbank Financial Institution for Egregious and Sustained Sanctions Violations—a $216M...

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a historic $215,988,868 civil monetary penalty against GVA Capital Ltd. (GVA), a venture-capital firm registered in the Cayman Islands...more

Morgan Lewis

OFAC Action Shows Risk of Not Recognizing That ‘Property Interests’ Include ‘Any Interest Whatsoever’

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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) fined GVA Capital Ltd. $215 million, primarily for violating the Ukraine/Russia-related sanctions regulations, when GVA mistakenly concluded that it...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Treasury Department Halts Enforcement of CTA Beneficial Ownership Reporting Penalties

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The Treasury Department announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing Corporate Transparency Act regulatory deadlines....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

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

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

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

CTA/BOI Update - Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement for Domestic Entities

On February 27, 2025, FinCEN announced that it would not issue fines or penalties or take any other enforcement action against any companies based on any failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (BOI)...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Treasury Pauses Penalties for Corporate Transparency Act

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it currently does not intend to enforce any penalties or fines associated with any current reporting deadlines under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) or the...more

Butler Snow LLP

Treasury Department Limits Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

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The Treasury Department announced on March 2nd that it does not intend to enforce any penalties or fines against either U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies and their beneficial owners under the Corporate...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Treasury Department Confirms: No Fines or Penalties in Connection with BOI Reporting Deadlines

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While the March 21, 2025 filing deadline under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) remains in place, the Treasury Department announced on March 2nd that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Transparency Act Penalties Suspended; New Rulemaking Proposed

On March 2, 2025, and February 27, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the Treasury, made significant announcements regarding the Beneficial...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

The Treasury Department Announces Suspension Of Enforcement Of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens & Domestic...

In a significant development, on March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury Department”) announced that, not only will the Treasury Department not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Treasury Suspends CTA BOI Reporting Penalties for U.S. Companies, Individuals

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On Sunday, March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), that it will not enforce penalties or fines for beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting...more

Snell & Wilmer

The Corporate Transparency Act Update: A Reprieve for American Businesses?

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In another twist as to the future of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) implementation and judicial intervention, on February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it will not be...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CTA Is Pausing Fines, Penalties and Enforcement Actions Regarding Filing of Beneficial Ownership Information Reports

Below is a statement from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released February 27, 2025 stating it will not take any enforcement action against a Reporting Company that fails to file or update a beneficial...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CTA Heats Up with New FAQs, Government and Amicus Briefs and New Draft Legislation

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is the gift that keeps giving. As affected entities and their advisers struggle to determine whether they are subject to the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting provisions of...more

McAfee & Taft

Corporate Transparency Act now in effect: What businesses need to know

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Background and Summary - A new federal law, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), went into effect on January 1, 2024.  The CTA requires that most entities file Beneficial Ownership Information Reports (BOI Reports) with...more

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CTA – Accessing Beneficial Ownership Information

On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the final rule on Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards (the “Access Rule”) laying out the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Implementing Access and Safeguard Provisions of the CTA

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was enacted in 2021 and became effective on Jan. 1, 2024. The CTA was passed with the aim of enhancing transparency in corporate ownership, so as to combat the proliferation of anonymous...more

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FinCEN Issues Final Rule on Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards; Bank Regulators Issue Interagency Statement...

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On December 21, 2023, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule (Access Rule) regarding access to the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reported to FinCEN...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Guide

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On January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will go into effect, and if your business is deemed to be a Reporting Company under the CTA, the clock will begin ticking on new federal reporting obligations....more

Brooks Pierce

The New Federal Law on Corporate Transparency – What Business Owners and Their Advisors Need to Know Now - Update

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This article was originally published in May 2021, and updated January 2022 and March 2023. Approved by Congress in January 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is a new federal law requiring many business entities...more

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The New Federal Law on Corporate Transparency – What Business Owners and Their Advisors Need to Know Now

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Approved by Congress in January 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is a new federal law requiring many business entities to identify to the Treasury Department the individuals who own a 25 percent or greater interest...more

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