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New Update: FINCEN Extends CTA Filing Deadlines to January 13, 2025

On the evening of December 23, 2024, FINCEN posted the following notice on its website extending CTA filing deadlines from December 31, 2024, to January 13, 2025 and extending other filing deadlines as set forth below:

“In light of a December 23, 2024, federal Court of Appeals decision, reporting companies, except as indicated below, are once again required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN. However, because the Department of the Treasury recognizes that reporting companies may need additional … Read the rest

Civil Law

COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (January 29 – February 5)

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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 29, 2024.

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Congratulations to Blaneys’ own Anthony Gatensby and Kathleen Lefebvre who were successful in responding to an appeal about whether a commercial landlord’s insurer was permitted to bring a subrogated claim against its tenant for negligence in causing a fire. The Court affirmed

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The morning read for Wednesday, January 24

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

Appeals court won’t rehear Trump gag order appeal, leaving Supreme Court as final option (Daniel Barnes and Rebecca Shabad, NBC News)
DOJ tells SCOTUS curbing abortion pill access “threatens profound harms” (Rebecca Falconer, Axios)
Taxpayer-funded Catholic school likely to draw Supreme Court review (Brian Fraga, National Catholic Reporter)
The Supreme Court Case That Shows

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The morning read for Friday, January 19

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

Trump urges Supreme Court to keep his name on ballot, warns of ‘bedlam’ (Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
Explainer: How is the ‘war on the administrative state’ faring at the Supreme Court? (John Kruzel, Reuters)
Cape May fishermen could undo 40-year-old Supreme Court environmental precedent (Frank Kummer, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Top GOP lawmakers

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Civil Law

COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (January 8 – January 12)

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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 8, 2024.

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In Zafar v Azeem, the mother’s appeal against a decision that ordered her three-year-old child to return to Pakistan, where the father claimed the child was habitually resident, was allowed. She successfully argued procedural unfairness due to the motion judge’s failure

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

The justices returned to the bench on Jan. 8 for a packed session of oral arguments – starting with immigration policy and the post-9/11 “No Fly List” and ending on Jan. 17 with two cases that could upend the functional power of the federal administrative state.

Monday’s arguments began with two consolidated cases, Campos-Chaves v. Garland and Garland v. Singh, in which the court will consider what kind of notice the government must provide before a noncitizen can … Read the rest

Civil Law

COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 17-21, 2022)

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Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal for the week of January 17, 2022.

In Walters v. Walters, a wills and estates case, the Court provided a helpful summary of the jurisprudence regarding the requirement of trustees to give effect to a testator’s intentions as ascertained from the language of the will and the surrounding circumstances, including … Read the rest