FinCEN's request for an emergency stay has been granted.
A federal court in Texas banned enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act across the U.S. on Tuesday, less than a month out from the measure's first deadline for tens of millions of legal entities to identify their true owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN.
A business group seeking to strike down the Corporate Transparency Act must meet a high legal threshold in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to succeed against the federal government's attempt to uphold the measure, analysts told ACAMS moneylaundering.com.
The U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of a legal doctrine that for the past 40 years has shielded federal regulations from judicial challenges could upend longstanding rules against illicit finance predicated on the Bank Secrecy Act.