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Justin M. Whittenburg

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Justin Whittenburg is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group in the Houston office, having joined Baker McKenzie in 2003 as a summer associate. In the interim, Mr. Whittenburg spent four years as senior corporate and compliance counsel at a Houston-based leading global distributor of pipe, valve and fitting (PVF) products.
Mr. Whittenburg is currently a member of Baker McKenzie's North America steering committee for cross-border transactions and integrations. Prior to his life as a corporate lawyer, he was involved in project management for industrial construction projects in the petroleum and chemical industries.
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United States: Nationwide preliminary injunction on Corporate Transparency Act enforcement

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The Corporate Transparency Act requires “reporting companies” to file “beneficial owner” information and “company applicants” with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) as early as 1 January 2025. In a “last minute” 3 December 2024 decision, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, issued an order temporarily enjoining the US government from enforcing the CTA and CTA regulations