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Aug 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Driggs |Jeffrey Hunter |Jasmine Wetherell
Back in 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a sweeping information-gathering rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requiring manufacturers (including importers) to report on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their products.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Andrea Driggs |Priscilla Hampton |Jeffrey Hunter |Katie Page
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Final Rule on April 19, 2024,
designating two of the most common per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS)—PFOA and PFOS, including their salts and
structural isomers—as hazardous substances under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA).1 This rule will be effective 60 days after
publication in the Federal Register.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Luzadder |Wendy Mitman Clarke |Jeffrey Hunter |Aaron Rosenfeld
As discussed in our previous client advisory, earlier this
month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
entered a final declaratory judgment concluding that the Corporate
Transparency Act ("CTA" or the "Act") exceeds
Constitutional limits on Congressional power.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Wendy Mitman Clarke |Jeffrey Hunter |Zachary Lee
As discussed in our previous client advisory, earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama entered a final declaratory judgment concluding that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA” or the “Act”) exceeds Constitutional limits on Congressional power.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Luzadder |Wendy Mitman Clarke |Jeffrey Hunter |Aaron Rosenfeld
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act
("CTA") exceeded Congress's Constitutional authority,
and accordingly prohibited the Treasury Department from requiring
some small businesses to disclose personal details about their
owners back to the Department's enforcement arm. See, National Small Business United v.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Andrea Driggs |Jeffrey Hunter |Katie Page |Jane Carmody
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael
Regan signed two proposed rules related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) and the agency's corrective action authority
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) on January
31, 2024. These proposed rulemakings align with EPA's Strategic Roadmap, announced in 2021
as a "whole-of-agency" approach to addressing PFAS.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Luzadder |Wendy Mitman Clarke |Jeffrey Hunter |Aaron Rosenfeld
On January 1, 2024, the new beneficial ownership information
reporting requirements (BOIR) went into effect under the Corporate
Transparency Act (CTA). Among other things, beneficial ownership
reporting is intended to make it more difficult for criminals,
organized crime rings, and other illicit actors to hide their
identities and launder money through the United States financial
system.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Wendy Mitman Clarke |Jeffrey Hunter |Matthew Luzadder
On January 1, 2024, the new beneficial ownership information reporting requirements (BOIR) went into effect under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Among other things, beneficial ownership reporting is intended to make it more difficult for criminals, organized crime rings, and other illicit actors to hide their identities and launder money through the United States financial system.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Luzadder |Wendy Mitman Clarke |Jeffrey Hunter |Aaron Rosenfeld
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which becomes effective on
January 1, 2024, creates novel obligations for millions of entities
to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) and certain other
information to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network (FinCEN). This requirement extends to private
entities previously not otherwise subject to any such reporting
requirements.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Wendy Mitman Clarke |Jeffrey Hunter |Matthew Luzadder
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which becomes effective on January 1, 2024, creates novel obligations for millions of entities to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) and certain other information to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). This requirement extends to private entities previously not otherwise subject to any such reporting requirements.
