Tuesday, February 25, 2025
By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, and Tate Thompson The rollercoaster that is the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) continues. In short, Reporting Companies (as defined by the CTA) are once again required to file beneficial ownership information reports (“BOIRs”) with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), and FinCEN has extended the reporting deadline to […]
Thursday, February 13, 2025
By: Greg Whiston, Tate Thompson, and Colby Stone On February 5, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14201 entitled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” (the “Order”), banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ or women’s sports, asserting that it is “the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports.”
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
By: Christopher Tillery, Mirjana Gacanich, and Colby Stone On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed a wide-ranging Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”) that seeks to eliminate “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (“DEI”) and affirmative action programming and preferences in both the federal government and private sector. In doing so, […]
Friday, January 24, 2025
By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, and Tate Thompson As we initially reported, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) took effect on January 1, 2024, requiring Reporting Companies (as defined by the CTA) to file beneficial ownership information reports (“BOIRs”) with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”). Throughout 2024, multiple plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality and […]
Friday, December 27, 2024
By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, Nida Rais, and Tate Thompson This Client Alert provides latest information in what continues to be the most unexciting developing news story any of us has ever followed. As the saying goes, “Don’t shoot the messenger!” Long story short / TLDR (too long didn’t read), the U.S. Court of Appeals […]
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, Nida Rais, and Tate Thompson As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), pausing the requirement for a Reporting Company (as […]
Monday, December 9, 2024
By: John Fuchs, Rachel Sterbenz, Nida Rais, and Tate Thompson As previously reported, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) took effect on January 1, 2024, requiring many businesses to file a beneficial ownership information report (“BOIR”), including general information about the company and sensitive personal information of its “company applicants” and “beneficial owners.” Under the CTA, […]
Thursday, November 21, 2024
By: Cody Weyhofen & John Vering In April 2024, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Final Rule that significantly raised the minimum salary thresholds for certain overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). However, a Texas federal court recently invalidated the Final Rule nationwide, restoring the minimum salary thresholds to pre-2024 levels.
Monday, November 11, 2024
By: John Vering and Mark Opara
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Seigfreid Bingham attorneys Katie Conklin and John Vering gave a presentation on September 18, 2024, to the Greater Kansas City Society of Healthcare Attorneys (GKCSHA), covering recent employment law updates.