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Client Alerts Corporate & 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 Alerts Corporate & Business Litigation & Disputes NonprofitFederal 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 Alerts Corporate & Business NonprofitAnother 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...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborNew Year, New Massachusetts Employment Compliance Requirements

January 6, 2025

By Alicia Samolis, Sean Fontes, Morgan Hedly, and Michael Gamboli As employers plunge forward into the New Year, they are reminded that if they have any employees working in Massachusetts – in person or remotely – then they need to ensure their Massachusetts employees have been provided the yearly Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave (“PFML”) law updated notice. The...

Client Alerts Corporate & 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...

Client Alerts Corporate & 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 Alerts Litigation & DisputesAppeals We’re Watching: Recent Appeal Potentially Sets Up SCOTUS Ruling on the Constitutionality of Whistleblower-Controlled False Claims Act Litigation

December 18, 2024

By Christian Jenner and Christopher Wildenhain In October of 2024, the United States appealed the federal district court’s judgment in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC.[1] In that case, the court held that the statute authorizing whistleblowers to sue in the name of the United States to recover for false claims...

Client Alerts NonprofitKey Considerations for Creating a For-Profit Subsidiary of a Public Charity

December 16, 2024

By Elizabeth Manchester, Russell Stein, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research nonprofit, has recently garnered media attention for considering a restructuring strategy involving the formation of a taxable subsidiary. The establishment of for-profit taxable subsidiaries by nonprofit organizations qualified as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 501(c)(3)[1] has been a...

Client Alerts NonprofitA Break for Massachusetts Nonprofits: Lowering the Demand for Financial Reporting and Providing Incentives for Board Members to Serve

December 11, 2024

By Elizabeth O. Manchester, Russell J. Stein, and Kelley J. O’Donnell The Massachusetts legislature and Governor Healey recently passed into law An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts’ Economic Leadership (the “Act”)[1]. The Act provides significant changes in the nonprofit space which will alleviate financial reporting requirements for small and mid-sized Massachusetts nonprofits as well as...

Client Alerts Corporate & Business Intellectual 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...

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