Game Changer? The Corporate Transparency Act

04/29/22 • 25 min

In January 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) in an attempt to make it difficult to launder money or evade taxes through the use of anonymous shell companies. This law has far reaching implications and may impose federal reporting requirements on your small businesses. What does this mean for your business going forward? To help us answer this question is Mark Stachiw and Gabreila Smith of the Klemchuk law firm. They will review the proposed CTA regulations, exemptions and (yikes) penalties for non-compliance.

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Episode 3- The US Refugee and Asylum Process & Ukraine

The United Nations Refugee agency estimates that there are 82.4 million people world-wide that are displaced due to persecution, violence, human rights violations or other events. This includes an estimated 4.5 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion.
Today our topic will focus on the refugee and asylum process in the United States.
Our guest is Robert Armstrong of Armstrong Legal. Robert is an experienced immigration attorney in Dallas that represents clients in immigration court, and a whole host of immigration filings including asylum, TPS, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, DACA, U Visas, VAWA and applying for permanent residence or citizenship.

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Where there is a will: Differing Treatment of Displaced People by the U.S.

One of the great things about the Texas Bar is the wealth of knowledge of its members and different sections. Today we will be speaking with Immigration Law Section members and attorneys Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch and Lindsay Goldford Gray. Kate & Lindsay will be highlighting the differences in the way the United States treats displaced people depending on their country of origin, in particular Afghans & Ukrainians. In addition, we will be discussing the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP); Title 42 and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Biden v. Texas.

Recorded June 30, 2022.