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Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Corporate Transparency Act and BOI Reporting

January 15, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to weigh in on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements. This decision follows a contentious legal battle, with federal courts temporarily halting enforcement of the act, leaving small business across the country in limbo. Currently, the CTA’s enforcement is paused due to a…
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Supreme Court takes on CTA, BOI

January 14, 2025
In the continuing saga of the fate of the Corporate Transparency Act, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court on Jan. 13, 2025, in Garland v. Texas Top Cop Shop. The brief urges the court to reject the government’s request to stay a preliminary injunction against the enforcement…
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Lawsuit contests SEC's ability to slap advisors with industry bans

January 9, 2025
When Michael and David Sztrom settled with the SEC in 2022 over alleged fraud, they thought they were free to resume their advisory practice, according to a federal lawsuit…
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PCAOB Drops Probe That Led To Constitutional Challenge

January 7, 2025
One of the constitutional challenges facing the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board came to an end Tuesday after the board informed a Texas court that it would not pursue an enforcement action against the accounting firm at the center of the case…
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State Department documents reveal secret plans to route ‘censorship’ office to new hub

January 2, 2025
The State Department has crafted plans to distribute staffers from a shuttered office accused of censoring conservatives to a new internal “hub” that will coordinate its activities, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner… “Given the evidence shows that the GEC has long ignored its congressional mandate to focus solely on foreign disinformation, its continuation under a so-called hub…
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Big Cases by the Numbers [December 30, 2024]

December 30, 2024
While quantifying case importance is a subjective art at best, there are some measurable elements that provide deeper than a gut impression as a basis for comparison. Some possibilities include dollar value or companies involved, case complexity, differences of opinion between judges, firms involved in litigating the cases, and interests or implications for those beyond…
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