UPDATE AS OF 12/03/2024 FROM THE FINCEN WEBSITE: On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, in the case ofย Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No. 4:24-cv-00478 (E.D. Tex.), a federal district court in the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, issued an order granting a nationwide preliminary injunction that: (1)โฏenjoins the CTA, […]
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