As of our last client update on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) litigation (see CTA client alert), the U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, lifted a nationwide injunction issued by a Texas trial court in Texas Top Cop Shop v. Bondi that had blocked CTA enforcement, but another nationwide injunction issued by another Texas trial court in Smith v. United States Department of the Treasury continued to stall CTA implementation. Now, the new Trump Administration, in its first formal actions related to the CTA litigations, (i) on February 5, filed a notice of appeal and motion to stay the injunction in Smith, and (ii) on February 7, filed a brief supporting the constitutionality of the CTA in Texas Top Cop Shop. Given the Supreme Court’s decision in Texas Top Cop Shop to lift the injunction against CTA enforcement, we believe the government’s effort to stay the injunction in Smith is likely to succeed.