On Monday, December 23rd, a federal appeals court issued a ruling reinstating reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), with the Treasury Department’s FinCEN extending key deadlines to accommodate the recent legal uncertainty.
Last week, the US District Court for Eastern District of Texas ruled on reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act, issuing a nationwide injunction against its enforcement. The CTA otherwise required entities to report Beneficial Ownership Information on or before January 1, 2025. While this injunction is not permanent, we will suspend filings for companies until the injunction is overturned on appeal.
Kotz Sangster Wysocki P.C., a leading business law firm based in Detroit, has announced that attorney Douglas Eyre has joined the firm in its Detroit office. Eyre is a seasoned attorney, bringing over 20 years of experience in construction law and commercial litigation to the firm.
Over the holidays, a federal appeals court upheld OSHA’s new silica rules. This decision means those regulations are here to stay.
The new regulations became effective on September 23, 2017, but several industry groups sued to stop them on multiple grounds. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit felt bound by the “deferential standard” it was required to give OSHA, however, and on December 22, 2017 issued an opinion and order upholding them. OSHA may now enforce the new rules freely.
The new rules aggressively lower silica exposure limits and require protective measures to meet those limits. And because silica is pervasive, these rules impact every corner of the construction industry. Silica consists of finely ground quartz and is found in many areas of the project site and in many common materials, including:
• Soil and Sand
• Asphalt
• Portland Concrete
• Grout
• Brick
• Drywall
• Rock and Stone
• Roof Tile
• Tile
Not only can OSHA, or its authorized state counterparts such as MIOSHA, enforce the new regulations, but the aggressive exposure limits and the pervasive presence of silica forces contractors into uncharted legal territory. The construction law attorneys at Kotz Sangster can guide you by providing assistance with such things as:
• Compliance
• Proper Documentation
• Third-Party Liability
• Indemnity
• Drafting Exposure Control Programs
• Jobsite and Contractual Responsibilities