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FinCEN Goes From 30 to 90 Days for Certain First Beneficial Ownership Reports

On November 29, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury published an amendment to its rule requiring certain entities not otherwise exempt to report their beneficial ownership, extending for entities established in 2024 the required reports from 30 days after establishment to 90 days. FinCEN will still require... Read more »

SEC Exam Priorities – 2023/24

On October 16, 2023, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released its 2023/24 exam priorities, moving the annual notice up a few months to coincide better with the SEC fiscal year. Among other things, the notice confirmed that one of the priorities again will be to examine... Read more »

New NY DFS Regulations on Small Non-Bank Loans

On December 23, 2020, then Governor Andrew Cuomo signed N.Y. CLS Fin. Serv. ยงยง 801-812 (the “Law”) mandating truth-in-lending style disclosure for small non-bank loans of $2.5 million or less, but only going into effect when final regulations under the Law are published. The N.Y. Department of Financial Services (the “DFS”) adopted final regulations on... Read more »

FTC Proposes to Ban Non-Competes

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) proposed a rule that would effectively ban non-compete clauses between employers and “workers,” to include a broad range of workers such as executives, independent contractors, interns, externs, volunteers, apprentices, and sole proprietors who provide services to a client or customer. Even some unusually broad non-disclosure... Read more »

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