While voters in Louisiana may have rejected all four of the constitutional amendments on Saturday’s ballot (the Secretary of State reported just over 21% voter turnout), including Amendment No. 2 which contained significant tax measures, efforts at tax reform are likely to resume during the Legislative Session that convenes next month.
FinCEN announced an interim final rule on March 21, 2025 that removes both United States companies, regardless of ownership, and United States persons from the definition of Reporting Companies required to file a Corporate Transparency Act Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) Report . Under the new rule, “Reporting Company” means only those entities “that are formed
On Tuesday, the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected an attempt to block a constitutional amendment needed to complete the restructuring of the state’s tax laws sought by Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Legislature.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced on February 27, 2025 that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on any failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reports.
For most businesses, Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) reports will now be due by March 21, 2025 according to a FinCEN Notice updating deadlines for filing BOI reports.
The last nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) reporting requirements has been stayed by Judge Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas.
The United States House of Representatives unanimously passed the Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act on February 10, 2025, which would grant a one-year extension to file Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) Reports under the Corporate Transparency Act.
On February 6, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published an alert announcing that it has filed a Notice of Appeal in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, which enjoined the enforcement of Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) Reporting requirements nationwide.
Although pet food and jurisdictional quandaries might seem equally unpalatable, the United States Supreme Court recently tackled a case that touched on both topics. Royal Canin U. S. A., Inc. v. Wullschleger, 604 U.S. ___, 2025 WL 96212, at *6 (U.S. Jan. 15, 2025). It all started with pet food marketing.
On January 23, 2025, Philip Kirk Jones and Kelly Scalise secured a significant appellate victory for two charitable foundations, The Marshall Heritage Foundation and Marshall Legacy Foundation (“Foundations”), in a trust litigation brought by a co-trustee of the Foundations against a co-trustee of the Peroxisome Trust, the funding trust of the Foundations.