In a significant step towards modernizing Bank Secrecy Act compliance, FinCEN and certain banking agencies are providing flexibility in “know your customer” requirements for banks....
The Treasury and State Departments have issued sanctions relief permitting U.S. and foreign persons to engage in a broad set of transactions with Syrian businesses, the Syrian government ...
U.S. companies and U.S. persons are now exempt from the beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act and Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule.
The Treasury Department’s decision to suspend enforcement of the CTA and BOI Reporting Rule means that beneficial ownership reporting under the CTA is now voluntary for U.S. citizens an...
The Trump administration’s policy memorandum on U.S.-China investment indicates continued tightening along the lines of existing initiatives, but not a revolutionary break.
FinCEN announced that it will not impose fines or penalties on companies that do not submit their beneficial ownership information reports by the upcoming deadline of March 21, 2025. The ...
A U.S. District Court stayed the remaining nationwide injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act, thereby reinstating the reporting requirements under the BOI Reporting Rule. In a ...
While the Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay the nationwide injunction issued in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry, reporting companies are still not required to su...
OFAC and the U.S. State Department significantly broadened sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector by imposing blocking sanctions on two major oil producers and hundreds of other ind...
Reversing an order issued earlier this week, the Fifth Circuit reinstated the nationwide injunction on enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act, placing reporting requirements back o...
