Explore how Louisiana’s 2025 legislative session and the federal One Big Beautiful Bill are transforming carbon capture and storage development. Learn about key changes to the Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act, new agency structures, and the impact on Section 45Q tax credits.

Learn how our upcoming U.S. Trade, Tariffs, and State of the Economy Forum on July 24, 2025, will provide leaders with essential insights and practical strategies to help them manage risks, control costs, and seize new opportunities.

Read our latest update on the Corporate Transparency Act, covering how U.S. companies and U.S. persons are now officially off the hook for complying with the CTA and its reporting obligations.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has officially announced that it will no longer enforce the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) against U.S. citizens and domestic companies.

Companies will NOT be subject to fines or other enforcement actions for failure to comply with the CTA and its reporting obligations by the current March 21, 2025, deadline.

FinCEN has extended the Corporate Transparency Act filing deadline to March 21, 2025, giving companies time to ensure compliance. Read our alert for important details on how to stay compliant.

Read an in-house compliance guide for responding to Executive Order (EO) 14209, which paused all future investigations and enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for at least 180 days.

The U.S. Supreme Court stayed a nationwide injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act. However, due to another injunction recently issued by another court, companies are still NOT required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN.

Read part one, "A Bronx Tale: A New York State Trial Judge Calls Out New York State's Long-Standing Heightened Standard of Proving the Making of an Agreement to Arbitrate," about the trial court's decision in Wu v. Uber Tech., Inc.

Seventy-two hours after a motions panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the effect of a nationwide preliminary injunction imposed by a Texas federal district court blocking the reporting deadline for filing Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI), a merits panel of that Circuit vacated the stay order.

December 27, 2024, Update: Yet Another Twist: Fifth Circuit Reinstates Nationwide Freeze on Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Filing Deadlines (companies are once again stayed from having to comply with the CTA and its reporting obligations)

On December 3, 2024, Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. et al. v. Garland, halting the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the "CTA") and its reporting obligations. This ruling could significantly affect millions of businesses across the United States.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 nearly doubled the federal lifetime gift and estate tax exemption. In 2024, this act currently allows individuals to transfer up to $13.61 million per person and $27.22 million per married couple to others during their lifetime or at death without incurring any federal gift or estate taxes.

The Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) went into effect earlier this year, although many uncertainties about the CTA's application still remain. To help remedy those uncertainties, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has updated its FAQs several times since the CTA has gone into effect. The current FAQs provide three important clarifications that subject companies should be aware of.

If you are a business operating in the Sunshine and/or Lonestar state, then this alert is for you. As discussed further below, Florida recently issued regulations, effective July 18, 2024, clarifying certain requirements set forth in the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR), which went into effect on July 1, 2024.

Earlier this week, we learned that the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will likely reclassify marijuana under federal law from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) based upon the recommendation from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

As we have previously emphasized, businesses of all sizes and in all sectors should tune into sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regardless of the status of U.S. regulatory frameworks mandating ESG disclosures.

The Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), which became effective on January 1 this year, was enacted by Congress to combat sources of financial criminal activity and abuse of anonymous companies. The CTA requires a majority of privately held corporations, limited liability companies, and similar entities to file beneficial ownership information reports (BOIR) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which requires the disclosure of beneficial owners and other persons who benefit from the business.

On February 8, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Department of Agricultural Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz by holding that a consumer may sue the government under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) for providing false information to the credit reporting agencies.