By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini In a February 27, 2025 press release, FinCEN announced that despite the updated March 21, 2025 beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) report filing deadline, the agency will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions for noncompliance with the Corporate Transparency Act based on any failure to...
Client AlertsCorporate & BusinessCorporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Reinstated with March 21, 2025 Filing Deadline for Most Filers
February 20, 2025
By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini On February 18, 2025, a Texas federal district court judge stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), reinstating beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting obligations. This decision marks the latest development in a series of legal challenges to the CTA, including multiple injunctions, stays,...
Client AlertsCorporate & BusinessLitigation & DisputesNonprofitFederal Funding Pause: Understanding the White House’s Memo and Subsequent Court Rulings
February 3, 2025
By Elizabeth O. Manchester, James P. McGlone, and Kelley J. O’Donnell On Monday January 27th, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum instituting a pause on federal grant and loan programs. This memo quickly became the subject of litigation, further guidance from the White House, and court orders temporarily blocking...
Client AlertsCorporate & BusinessNonprofitAnother Attack on Diversity and Inclusivity Efforts Post Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) Supreme Court Decision
January 29, 2025
By Elizabeth O. Manchester, Russell J. Stein, and Kelley J. O’Donnell The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) filed suit against McDonald’s in federal court over the corporation’s scholarship program for high school students of Hispanic and Latino descent, the Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources (“HACER”) program.[1] The complaint alleges the scholarship program is racially discriminatory in...
Corporate & BusinessNonprofitPress ReleasesPSH’s Elizabeth Manchester and Russell Stein Present “Fiscal Sponsorship” Webinar to Legal Food Hub Members
January 27, 2025
PROVIDENCE, RI, January 27, 2025 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP (PSH) Partners Elizabeth O. Manchester and Russell J. Stein will present a webinar on fiscal sponsorship to Legal Food Hub members on February 5. As part of the Legal Food Hub’s free winter webinar series, Manchester and Stein will provide information to help farmers,...
Client AlertsCorporate & BusinessCorporate Transparency Act: Reinstatement of Preliminary Injunction
December 30, 2024
By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). The preliminary injunction, which had previously been stayed by a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit, pauses the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements under...
Corporate & BusinessPress ReleasesPartridge Snow & Hahn Partner Colin A. Coleman Retires
December 30, 2024
BOSTON, MA, December 30, 2024 – Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH), a full-service business law and litigation firm, announces the retirement of esteemed Partner Colin A. Coleman, effective December 31, 2024. Colin has been an integral part of our firm since 2016, bringing three decades of experience from his boutique corporate law practice. Throughout his...
Client AlertsCorporate & BusinessCorporate Transparency Act Update: Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Resumes After Court Stays Preliminary Injunction
December 24, 2024
By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini On December 23, 2024, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of the nationwide preliminary injunction granted earlier this month blocking the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). As a result, reporting companies’ beneficial ownership reporting obligations are once again enforceable. As...
Client AlertsCorporate & BusinessIntellectual PropertyThe USPTO’s Final Trademark Fee Changes Go Into Effect January 18, 2025
December 6, 2024
By: Lawrence J. Sheh, John E. Ottaviani, David M. DiSegna, and Hannah Y. Amadei The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced new fees that will go into effect on January 18, 2025. These changes will impact 28 different trademark fees, including those for trademark applications, maintenance fees for keeping trademark registrations active, petitions and letters of protest...
Client AlertsCorporate & BusinessCorporate Transparency Act Update: Texas Federal Court Injunction Temporarily Halts Enforcement of CTA
December 5, 2024
By Lawrence Sheh, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction temporarily blocking enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). This ruling halts the CTA’s requirements for United States “reporting companies” to disclose information about their beneficial owners...
