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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FinCEN Exempts Domestic Reporting Companies and Persons from CTA Reporting Requirements

On March 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule which narrows the scope of existing beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the...more

White and Williams LLP

Latest Corporate Transparency Act Update from FinCEN: Enforcement Paused, For Now

Stay tuned – another shoe is likely to drop from Washington D.C. on the CTA (“Corporate Transparency Act”) in the next three weeks. As we previously reported on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Requirements are Back

On February 17, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in Smith et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury et al., stayed (lifted) the injunction blocking the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency...more

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BOI Reporting Back in Effect: Compliance Required by March 21, 2025

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On February 19, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that most reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) must now submit their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports...more

Cozen O'Connor

Latest CTA Injunction Stayed

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On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas stayed the nationwide injunction it previously issued in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., 6:24-cv-00336 (Smith case)....more

Kerr Russell

CTA Enforcement Reinstated with New Compliance Deadlines

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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has stayed the last remaining nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Upcoming Deadline for Corporate Transparency Act Compliance

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As we near the end of 2024, it’s crucial to be aware of an important deadline under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Reporting companies formed before January 1, 2024, must file their initial Beneficial Ownership...more

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The UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024 Published

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024 have been published. The Regulations bring into force certain provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023....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

Troutman Pepper Locke

Treasury Department Releases Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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On August 16, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published its semiannual regulatory agenda in the Federal Register, detailing the agency’s upcoming regulatory actions and priorities. The agenda outlines the proposed, final,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Year-End CTA Filing Deadline Is Quickly Approaching

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The federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) became effective on January 1, 2024, and despite multiple challenges and ongoing court cases, the CTA remains in effect. The CTA requires many entities to file beneficial ownership...more

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Will Companies House powers clean up the register?

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Companies House has been granted new powers to crack down on fraud, but whether it has the resources to take advantage of these and properly clean up the register of companies is questionable. Originally published by...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Key Developments

On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) became law in the UK. The Act represents a major overhaul of the UK government’s framework for tackling financial crime and has brought into...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Begins: Are You Ready?

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Effective January 1, 2024, companies must disclose their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) within the United States Department of Treasury. The reporting requirement is part of the U.S....more

A&O Shearman

UK Criminal Justice Bill proposes further reforms to the identification doctrine

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The UK government is already proposing further expansion to the basis on which companies can be fixed with criminal liability. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), passed in October, significantly...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Update – 2023 Year-End Planning

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November 29, 2023 Update: In the ever-evolving world of the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), there was good news from the Treasury Department today. Reporting Companies formed on or after January 1, 2024, will have...more

White & Case LLP

Thoughts on the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act - A New Era for Corporate Criminal Liability in the UK

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The long-awaited Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act received Royal Assent on 26 October. This represents a significant turning point for the law on corporate criminal liability in the UK, and has been welcomed by...more

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Part 3: Addressing and Demystifying Common Denials Surrounding the Upcoming CTA

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CTA Denial #3: “My industry’s lobbyists would never allow such a law to get passed.” Lobbyists had staved off attempts to implement the CTA, and its predecessor bills, for decades....more

Jones Day

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act: A New Era for Corporate Prosecutions?

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The Situation: After a year of debate, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the "Act") was passed into law on 26 October 2023....more

A&O Shearman

New UK law passed to tackle economic crime and corporate secrecy

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The new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) is the latest step in the UK Government’s attempts to address economic crime and improve transparency over corporate entities. Whilst most of the key...more

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New UK 'failure to prevent' fraud corporate criminal offence published - Update

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 was granted Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It contains a new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ corporate criminal offence which will render large companies liable for fraud...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CTA Round-Up: FinCEN Proposes Extended CTA Filing Deadline, Revised Reporting Form, and Privacy Act Exemption; Expands CTA FAQs;...

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has issued a flurry of publications relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).  They pertain, in part, to a proposed extension of the filing deadline for certain...more

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FinCEN Proposes to Extend Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Deadline for Reporting Companies Created or Registered in...

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) is proposing to amend the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting rule (the “Reporting Rule”) to extend the filing deadline for certain companies to file their...more

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No Longer a Walk In The Park -- Entity Formation Under the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act

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Presently, forming a corporation, LLC, or other entity in the U.S. can be done on a largely anonymous basis, without naming its owners and with only limited disclosures about managers, officers, and directors. Under the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Bipartisan group of Senators re-introduce Digital Asset Money Laundering Act

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On July 28th, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), reintroduced the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act (the “Act”), legislation aimed at closing...more

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