Corporate Transparency Act to be Re-evaluated

Client Alert

February 28, 2025

Over the past several months, the federal judiciary has provided numerous rulings on the enforceability of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which became effective January 1, 2024. For a more detailed overview on the CTA, click here.

On February 20^th, we alerted business owners that the reporting required by the CTA was reinstated, as all nationwide federal injunctions had been lifted. However, on February 27^th, the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a press release providing that no enforcement actions will be taken against businesses that fail to submit reporting.

The press release provides that FinCEN will be reevaluating the CTA and will provide new guidance and clarity “as quickly as possible.” Public comment will be solicited by FinCEN during this reevaluation.

Given FinCEN’s new position on the CTA, businesses no longer have any obligation to submit reporting. A reevaluation of reporting obligations will also be warranted by business owners in the event FinCEN does publish a new final reporting rule, as the impetus for change was a reduction of the regulatory burden on businesses while prioritizing reporting only for those entities that pose the most significant risks.

For further guidance on the changing landscape of CTA reporting, business owners should reach out to their BMD legal advisors or contact BMD Member Blake Gerney at brgerney@bmdllc.com.

Posted by Blake Gerney, Michael Sneeringer, Nathan Altstadt & Jacob Davis

Ohio's 2024-2025 Fiscal Budget - Behavioral Health Updates

July 13, 2023

Ohio’s 2024-2025 State Budget was signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine on July 3, 2023. Behavioral health is an area that Governor DeWine expressed great interest in supporting and the final version of the Budget does reflect some of those initiatives. The Budget prioritizes growing the behavioral health workforce and increasing research and innovation by building community capacity for care that offers better crisis response services and treatment, increased prevention efforts, and increased provision of residential and outpatient services. Outlined below are notable Budget items geared toward achieving growth and improvement in the behavioral health field as well as some key items that were rejected by Governor DeWine’s veto.

Posted by Ashley Watson with Mercedes Sieg

Supreme Court Rules that Employers Must Show Substantial Increased Costs to Legally Decline Employees’ Religious Accommodation Requests

June 29, 2023

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in Groff v. DeJoy that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) employers must show, in order to decline religious accommodations, that the burden of granting religious accommodations to employees will result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of an employer’s particular business, thus amending the prior, simple standard of a “de minimis” undue hardship.

Posted by Bryan Meek, with Mercedes Sieg

Recent HIPAA Breach Settlements - Lessons Learned

June 19, 2023

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the consequences for providers may include settlements of $30,000 to $240,000. OCR recently released two settlements for improper breaches of protected health information (PHI) that are good examples of the major monetary penalties that can result from common HIPAA mistakes.

Posted by Ashley Watson

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