[email protected] A few weeks ago, I wrote about a case decided in the Court of International Trade, which determined that a U.S. Importer failed to exercise reasonable care when classifying a product. The Court found that merely consulting a customs broker did not constitute reasonable care. The
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In a case decided July 17, 2017 (Slip op 17-85), the Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered the importer to pay $8,228.20 in unpaid duties plus prejudgment interest but said more information was needed before a penalty could be assessed.
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by [email protected] Once when visiting a foreign factory, I stepped into the building in the midst of a major confrontation between a young sewing machine operator and a mid-level manager. The employee wanted her passport and the manager refused. The confrontation escalated to the point that the manager
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by [email protected] I recently attended a conference where “leaders” in companies providing trade compliance services were discussing trusted trader program procedures. As always, there was a focus on the downstream benefits which would accrue across all regulatory agencies for those companies who excel in getting it right.
Read more →Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 29, 2017 Former Steel Valley Authority Financial Manager Indicted on Fraud Charges PITTSBURGH – A Westmoreland County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of bank
Read more →Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 30, 2017 William McFarland Made False Representations to Investors in Fyre Media LLC and the Fyre Festival Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 29, 2017 BOSTON – A man who had been a fugitive for more than 20 years before his arrest in Florida in April 2017, was indicted yesterday in connection with a $1.7 million
Read more →U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Louisiana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 28, 2017 BATON ROUGE, LA – Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that his office has charged a Pennsylvania man by Bill of Information with a wire fraud scheme for allegedly
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By [email protected] At the recent U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) west coast trade symposium, a panel titled “Global Innovation,” which included representatives from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Science and Technology, CBP’s National Targeting Center discussed innovations in software applications and data usage that
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