Fifth Circuit Panel Stays Nationwide Injunction of Corporate Transparency Act, and FinCEN Extends Deadline to January 13

This alert has been updated to reflect FinCEN’s extension of the deadline after the alert was first sent. On December 23, 2024, after expedited briefing, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit in Texas Top Shop v. Garland, No. 24-40792, stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction a district court had entered earlier this month halting the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its implementing regulations. The Fifth Circuit panel also expedited the appeal to the next available oral argument...
By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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