Business
By: Thomas M. Abrams and Robert A. Greising
on December 27, 2024
Compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act apparently can wait a bit longer. On December 26, 2024, a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the order of another panel of that same Court issued just a few days earlier that stayed an injunction on enforcement of the CTA. Head…
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By: Jacob W. O'Donnell
on December 24, 2024
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) comes back for more. On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of the preliminary injunction issued at the beginning of December that blocked enforcement of the CTA. Next steps cannot be fully predicted in this judicial battleground…
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By: Robert A. Greising
on December 20, 2024
The fight to save the Corporate Transparency Act continues and presents challenges to any planning for CTA compliance. To file or not becomes a roll of the dice.
We have recently updated you [found here] about the preliminary injunction against enforcement of the CTA issued by the U.S. District…
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By: Robert A. Greising and Thomas M. Abrams
on December 11, 2024
Determination by regulators to save the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was evidenced on Thursday, December 5th as the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a notice of appeal just two days after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ordered a nationwide preliminary injunction…
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By: Justin L. Sage
on December 5, 2024
Anytime a potentially commercializable innovation surfaces, the question of whether and how to protect that innovation should be raised, and the factors to consider in answering that question are the same whether you are an individual inventor or a savvy business with extensive R&D operations. The…
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By: Robert A. Greising, Travis D. Lovett, Jacob W. O'Donnell, and Thomas M. Abrams
on December 4, 2024
As of December 3, 2024, all U.S. companies that were subject to the reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) have been temporarily relieved of their obligation to submit beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reports to FinCEN. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern…
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By: Robert A. Greising, Travis D. Lovett, and Jacob W. O'Donnell
on November 5, 2024
Time is running out for your business to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). If your business is subject to the CTA and it does not comply, severe penalties could be imposed against the company and those who should have reported their beneficial interests.
The CTA requires most small…
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By: Travis D. Lovett and Robert A. Greising
on September 6, 2024
The federal Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) went into effect January 1, 2024, and requires most small businesses to file a Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) report with the United States Department of Treasury, specifically the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”). Companies…
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By: Maria Vladimirova Geltz and Robert A. Greising
on August 6, 2024
With today’s ongoing workforce development challenges, businesses constantly seek innovative and effective ways to attract, incentivize, or otherwise retain top talent. In certain cases, a business may wish to reward an executive or employee or recruit new leadership for their prospective…
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By: Robert A. Greising and Daniel Tychonievich
on August 1, 2024
A federal district court awarded $43 Million dollars in damages for trademark infringement in an infringement and contract dispute suit. The district court determined that profits of an affiliate could be disgorged as damages under the Lanham Act (the federal statute covering trademarks). The…
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By: Charles O. Richert
on July 11, 2024
In today’s business environment, many businesses operate across state lines. Such interstate activities include sales (online or in-person), transportation and shipping, advertising, professional services, manufacturing, hospitality and tourism, and much more. Most companies also employ workers…
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By: Micah J. Nichols and Kendall A. Schnurpel
on June 25, 2024
On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Eighth Circuit’s ruling that a closely held corporation’s contractual obligation to redeem shares is not a liability that reduces a corporation’s value for purposes of the federal estate tax. With the Court’s recent decision in …
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