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What Does a Background Check Show?

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

An HR professional may conduct hundreds of background checks throughout their career, but how much do you really know about what a background check can reveal?

DEADLINE REINSTATED: Corporate Transparency Act Injunction Stayed by Fifth Circuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

Filings Due for Most Companies on January 13, 2025 - On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the preliminary injunction issued by the Eastern District of Texas suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).

With the Preliminary Injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act Stayed, FinCEN Extends Deadlines for Compliance

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the preliminary injunction issued on December 3, 2024, in the Texas Top Cop Shop case by a U.S. District Court. As a result, the original beneficial ownership reporting requirements of the CTA are back in place.

UPDATE - Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Injunction Blocking Corporate Transparency Act; FinCEN Extends Filing Deadline to January 13, 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted the national stay temporarily prohibiting the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). Earlier this month, in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No.

Corporate Transparency Act Litigation and Filing Deadline Extension

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

On December 3, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction that stayed the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the CTA’s reporting rules.

Corporate Transparency Act – Fifth Circuit Lifts Preliminary Injunction – FinCEN Extends Deadline to January 13, 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

On Monday, December 23, 2024, a three-judge panel for the Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the preliminary injunction issued earlier this month, which paused enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) nationwide.

Corporate Transparency Act Update: Deadlines Reinstated

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the government’s emergency motion to lift the injunction and stay on all beneficial ownership information filings under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). As a consequence, all CTA deadlines are reinstated.

EPA Reclassifies the Northern Wasatch Front and Uinta Basin Ozone Nonattainment Areas

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

EPA recently redesignated the Northern Wasatch Front and the Uinta Basin ozone nonattainment areas based on data demonstrating that the areas failed to meet the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) by their applicable deadlines.

USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation on China’s Semiconductors

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

On December 23, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Section 301), into Chinese “acts, policies, and practices related to targeting of the semiconductor industry for dominance” and risk

Corporate Transparency Act Update: Enforcement Resumes, Filing Deadlines Extended

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/24

On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted a Texas District Court’s preliminary injunction that had temporarily paused enforcement of the Federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) nationwide in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No.

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