FinCEN has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding how the agency is planning to implement the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The NPRM came out on December 8, 2021, accompanied by an explanatory factsheet. Congress passed the CTA on January 1, 2021 in order to require U.S. companies to disclose beneficial ownership information.
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Sarah Aberg
Sarah Aberg is special counsel in the White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Group in the firm's New York office.
SEC’s French Order is First Ever Substituted Compliance Determination in Connection with Capital and Margin Requirements
On July 26, 2021, the SEC announced the approval of a substituted compliance determination order with respect to security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants (SBS Entities) subject to regulation in the French Republic (the French Order). This is the first determination that addresses substituted compliance in connection with the Commission’s capital and margin requirements.
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How the New Presidential Proclamation Regarding Non-Immigrant Visas Affects Your Company
Presidential Proclamation
On June 22, 2020, the White House announced an extension and expansion of Proclamation 10014, which was originally announced on April 22, 2020 and restricted the issuance of and entry on immigrant visas. The new visa ban expands the restrictions to certain non-immigrant categories.
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