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“For tracking litigation, enforcement, and regulatory developments, Compliance Week
should be your prime source.”- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Aaron Nicodemus2024-03-05T18:30:00
A federal court judge in Alabama ruled a provision in the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was beyond Congress’s power, potentially throwing the effectiveness of the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) beneficial ownership information (BOI) registry into doubt.
U.S. District Judge Liles Burke of the Northern District of Alabama ruled Friday in the case of the National Small Business Association (NSBA) v. Janet Yellen, arguing the CTA was unconstitutional.
“[E]ven in the pursuit of sensible and praiseworthy ends, Congress sometimes enacts smart laws that violate the Constitution,” Judge Burke wrote. “This case, which concerns the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act, illustrates that principle.”
2025-03-24T15:47:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final interim rule that eliminates beneficial ownership information reporting obligations for U.S.-based companies and persons.
2025-03-11T16:46:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Two senators behind the Corporate Transparency Act have demanded that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent justify his suspension of one of the law’s anti-money laundering requirements.
2025-02-28T19:08:00Z By Jeff Dale
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network notified businesses that fail to report or update their beneficial ownership information before the agency’s March 21 deadline will not face fines or penalties. The agency further said it would not enforce the Corporate Transparency Act against U.S. citizens and domestic businesses.
2025-06-09T15:18:00Z By Neil Hodge
The buzz around generative AI has reached fever pitch over the past few years—to such an extent that it’s practically a death knell for any company to say it’s not investing massively in gen AI to transform their business. There’s only one problem: many companies are either being misleading or ...
2025-05-30T18:06:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
A new law in Texas will go into effect next January that requires Apple and Google to verify the age of their app store users. This marks another piece of legislation from the state level intended to protect children, and the second such law specifically from Texas to limit children’s ...
2025-05-23T16:46:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Thousands of computers and other consumer electronic devices imported into the U.S. that were certified as safe by foreign laboratories have been identified as having links to the Chinese government or military, Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said Thursday in announcing an order to close the security ...
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