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As we pass the halfway point of 2025, there has already been a flurry of legislative changes and court decisions that have changed the landscape of Texas employment laws. With several of these laws already in effect, and...more
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued Bulletin B-0008-25 in anticipation of changes to the Texas Insurance Code which are set to take effect in January 2026. House Bill 2067 mandates quarterly reporting by insurers...more
While the Command’s authority applies only to governmental bodies, its creation signals a shift in how the state organizes its cybersecurity posture. This new law may have practical implications for vendors, contractors and...more
On May 27, 2025, the Texas Legislature passed SB-6, which introduces significant changes to the planning, interconnection, operation, and cost allocation of certain large electrical loads within the Electric...more
A federal judge in Texas issued a decision on May 15, 2025, striking down portions of the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on protections against employment discrimination based on gender identity and/or sexual orientation....more
This Freeman Law blog provides an overview for the Texas nonprofit corporation to understand its obligations relating to the maintenance of books and records under Texas law and as to when, and under what circumstances, those...more
On February 12, 2025, the Texas House of Representatives introduced Texas House Bill 2747 (H.B. 2747), which requires healthcare entities to submit written notice to the Texas attorney general ninety days prior to a material...more
In February 2025, Texas Representative James Frank (R) and Texas Senator Kelly Hancock (R) introduced bills to implement notification requirements for healthcare transactions. House Bill (H.B.) 2747 and Senate Bill (S.B.)...more
On Feb. 12, 2025, the Texas House of Representatives introduced House Bill 2747, which would require entities to report certain healthcare transactions to the Texas attorney general. Currently, Texas does not require entities...more
Since our last update, new bills have been introduced that, if passed, would materially impact transactions across the health care industry or otherwise affect the corporate structure of or reporting by health care entities....more
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
In our last update, we reported that despite the Supreme Court staying the nationwide injunction against FinCEN’s enforcement of the CTA in one Texas case, a nationwide stay of the Reporting Rule granted by a federal judge in...more
On Jan. 23, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the Dec. 5 nationwide injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland (E.D. Tex.) that had halted Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) enforcement nationwide. The stay of this...more
American businesses have been experiencing whiplash over the status of the Corporate Transparency Act. In early December of last year, Judge Amos L. Mazzant's preliminarily enjoined the CTA and its implementing...more
On December 26, 2024, a merits panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that had been entered by the United States...more
After a preliminary injunction temporarily halted the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act ahead of its January 1, 2025 reporting deadline for companies formed prior to 2024, the Fifth Circuit has lifted the...more
The new small business finance rule passed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) requires “Covered” financial institutions to collect and report data on applications for credit for small businesses. This rule,...more
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
Effective November 23, 2024, the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending (the “DSML”) adopted new rules affecting mortgage loan companies, mortgage bankers, individual residential mortgage loan originators, and...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires all corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and many other entities created or registered to do business in any U.S. state to file a beneficial ownership...more
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
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
As discussed in a recent alert, most business entities are required under the Corporate Transparency Act to file a Beneficial Ownership Information Report with FinCEN by December 31st, 2024....more
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
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