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| Forwarder gets jail time |
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security said Tuesday that a former manager of a Netherlands-based freight-forwarding company was sentenced to six months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by facilitating the illegal export of goods to Iran. Ulrich Davis, 50, a Dutch citizen from Pumerend, The Netherlands, pleaded guilty in February to an information charging him with conspiracy to defraud the United States through the viol...
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| Retailers push for Lacey Act revisions |
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
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Retailers on Tuesday advised the House Committee on Natural Resources' subcommittee on fisheries, wildlife oceans and insular affairs that several significant compliance challenges have emerged from the 2008 Lacey Act Amendment that deserve attention from Congress. The law requires importers to provide to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service details such as the genus, species and country of harvest for products that include wood m...
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| Study: Many midsized firms risk export violations |
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
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Amber Road, formerly Management Dynamics and a provider of global trade management systems, has released a study on U.S.-based mid-market companies' export compliance challenges and found they are increasingly at risk of violating federal regulations. Of the 150 companies surveyed, 23 percent do not screen for restricted parties prior to engaging overseas customers. For those that did perform this screening, 30 percent make checks manually using sp...
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| Shipping groups say they never acted improperly |
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
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Two key trade associations representing domestic shipping companies, labeled in a civil antitrust lawsuit last month as "co-conspirators," say they have not been accused of any wrongdoing and were mentioned in the lawsuit only because some of their members were named as defendants. The complaint against Sea Star Line, Crowley and related companies operating in the U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico trade, was filed last month by Kraft Foods Group and The Kellogg Co. &nbs...
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| Shippers file additional lawsuits in Puerto Rico trade |
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Monday, April 30, 2012
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Dozens of shippers, including some of the largest and best known companies in the United States, filed five new antitrust lawsuits in April seeking damages from carriers Sea Star Line and Crowley over a price-fixing conspiracy in the trade between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico. The latest suits are by shippers that have opted out of earlier class action settlements. The complaints also contain allegations about not only Sea Star and Crowley, but also Horizon Lin...
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| U.S. takes on Japanese ink maker’s import violation |
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Japan and three of its U.S. subsidiaries for knowingly misrepresenting the country of origin on import documents presented to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The suit alleges that Toyo misrepresented Japan and Mexico as the countries of origin for its colorant carbazole violet pigment No. 23 (CVP-23) imports to avoid paying U.S. antidumping a...
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| Agility fires back with suit against DLA |
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Kuwait-based logistics company Agility said on Tuesday it has filed a $225 million breach of claims suit against the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, adding the agency breached the terms of a contract, according to a Reuters report. The logistics company, which built its reputation on the back of a number of contracts with DLA before being indicted by the U.S. Justice Department for fraud in November 2009, said in a statement U.S. government officials employed by DLA and the...
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| U.S. State Dept. funds IPR training programs |
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Monday, April 23, 2012
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The U.S. Department of State on Thursday announced $2.6 million in funding to help train foreign governments on investigating and prosecuting intellectual property rights crimes in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Workshops and training seminars will be conducted for customs authorities, judges, prosecutors, police, and other enforcement officials in Mexico, Chile, and Colombia A dozen projects were selected for training and technical assistance with inp...
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| ITC hammers UAE on nails |
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Friday, April 20, 2012
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The U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday determined that imports of certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates have materially injured the domestic steel nail industry. The case was brought before the ITC by Mid Continent Nail Corp., one of nine remaining domestic steel nail manufacturers. The case alleged that unfairly low-priced steel nail imports from the UAE have materially injured the U.S. industry. Prior to Thursday’s vote, the Commerce...
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| U.S. shuts down online sellers of counterfeit apparel |
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
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The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has seized more than $896,000 in proceeds from the distribution of counterfeit sports apparel and jerseys sold online and seized seven domain names engaged in the sale of fake goods. The investigation of the fraudulent sales is part of Operation In Our Sites, led by the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which targets online retailers of counterfeit goods. Since June 2010, 758 d...
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| DEA searches Walgreens’ DC |
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Monday, April 09, 2012
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Federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration searched a Walgreens distribution center in Jupiter, Fla., and six of its drug stores in central Florida to see if the company or its employees had sold or distributed an excessive numbers of pain pills, authorities said Friday. Walgreens is the latest to come under scrutiny over the sale of prescription drugs as DEA named Florida the biggest source of narcotic pain pills in the Southeast. ...
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| Gonzalez forms new law firm |
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Monday, April 09, 2012
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Henry P. Gonzalez has opened a new law firm, Gonzalez del Valle Law. Prior to forming the firm, Gonzalez was a partner with Washington-based Rodriguez O’Donnell Gonzalez & Williams. Last week his former partner Carlos Rodriguez said he and three other employees joined the firm Husch Blackwell. Gonzalez, who worked earlier in his career in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Maritime Commission, said he will continue to represent clients in...
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| Attorneys move to Husch Blackwell |
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Friday, April 06, 2012
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Four employees of the transportation and trade law firm Rodriguez O'Donnell Gonzalez & Williams are joining the Washington office of Husch Blackwell. Attorney Carlos Rodriguez, who entered private practice in 1977, is a well known expert in the field of ocean freight transportation. He successfully gave his boutique law firm a national presence. Rodriguez said being part of Husch Blackwell will give his clients access to a firm with a broader group of ex...
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| Rena owner charged in New Zealand Court |
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Thursday, April 05, 2012
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Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has charged the owner of the containership Rena , following the ship's grounding on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on October 5. The grounding resulted in spills of fuel oil and containers and an expensive salvage effort that is ongoing. Maritime New Zealand said Thursday that Daina Shipping Co has been charged under section 338 (1B) and 15(B) of New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991, which relates to the "discharge of harmful substances from ships" i...
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| Livingston International secures new customs, trade services |
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Monday, April 02, 2012
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Livingston International has finalized the acquisition of the customs and trade compliance services from J.P. Morgan Treasury & Securities Services, a business unit of JPMorgan Chase Bank. Livingston president and CEO Peter Luit noted that the acquisition covers the operations and technology of the former Vastera business. Adding in these customs and compliance solutions builds on Livigonston’s existing foundation of international trade services in the United S...
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| DeOrchis & Partners merging with Montgomery McCracken |
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Monday, April 02, 2012
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DeOrchis & Partners, one of the country's best known admiralty and maritime law firms, has merged with the Philadelphia-based Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads. In a note to clients and readers of its "Client Alert" newsletter, the firm said it is joining the New York offices of Montgomery McCracken, which also announced last month that attorneys from New York-based Kurzman Karelsen & Frank had joined its firm Vincent M. DeOrchis, senior pa...
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| Group points up tank barge capabilities |
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Friday, March 30, 2012
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A trade association for the U.S. domestic shipping industry is expressing concern that a recent government report severely underestimates the size of the Jones Act's tank vessel fleet and its ability to transport petroleum products from the U.S. Gulf to the East Coast to make up for lost production as a result of East Coast refineries shutting down. The Jones Act requires products moving between two points in the United States to be transported on vessels built and registe...
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| Four cartels at core of EU price-fixing fines |
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
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The $225 million in air freight price-fixing fines handed out Wednesday by the European Commission to 14 air forwarders has dwarfed previous penalties or settlements for related cases in other jurisdictions. The European Union antitrust division’s case for the penalties – including more than $140 million against Kuehne + Nagel, Panalpina, and UPS alone – amounted to “four distinct cartels aimed at fixing prices and other trading conditions for international air freight forw...
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| EU hammers forwarders in fixing case |
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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The European Commission on Wednesday handed out $225 million in fines to 14 air freight forwarding companies, including some of the largest global firms in the sector, for fixing prices on several routes. The fines were largest for Kuehne + Nagel ($71.5 million) and Panalpina ($61.9 million), while UPS was also hit with a $13 million penalty. DHL Global Forwarding and Exel were exempt from the fines because they informed the EU’s antitrust regulator about the col...
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| CargoNet reports 17% rise in cargo theft |
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
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CargoNet, a source for cargo theft information, said it recorded 1,215 cargo theft incidents last year, 17 percent more than the 1,035 in 2010. Its annual report said 116 incidents involved base metals, 229 electronics, 105 apparel and accessories, and 200 prepared foodstuffs and beverages. Most cargo theft incidents occurred on Fridays (227), Saturdays (202), and Sundays (198) at locations such as truck stops, carrier/terminal lots, and unsecured pa...
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| ILA dispute with NYSA goes to arbitrator |
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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A U.S. District Court Judge in New Jersey has granted a motion by the International Longshoremen's Association to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by the New York Shipping Association. Instead a dispute over damages that terminal operators claim they are owed because of a 2010 wildcat strike in New York and Philadelphia will be heard by an arbitrator. Judge Dickinson R. Bebevoise ruled last week that the two parties made an oral and written agreemen...
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| Australian shipper indicted for illegal U.S. exports |
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Monday, March 05, 2012
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The U.S. Justice Department said an Australian man and his company were indicted last Thursday by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiring to export sensitive military and other technology from the United States to Iran, including components with applications in missiles, drones, torpedoes, and helicopters. The five-count indictment charges David Levick, 50, and ICM Components, based in Thorleigh, Australia, each with one count of conspiracy to defraud the...
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| Export reform update at Silicon Valley seminar |
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security Undersecretary Eric L. Hirschhorn on March 1 will meet with leading Silicon Valley companies to update them on the reform of the country’s export control regulations. The two-hour seminar, scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at SAP in Palo Alto, Calif., is sponsored by Women in International Trade – Northern California. The seminar will include a preview of proposed rulings and how companies are impacted by the e...
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| TCC wins key decision in MQC claims pursuit |
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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The shuttered transpacific liner carrier The Containership Co. earlier this month won a decision in U.S. Bankruptcy Court that could help the line recoup lost revenue from its former shipper customers. On Feb. 10, a U.S. Bankruptcy judge in New York found in favor of Norway-based TCC in a motion filed by a group of its customers, who were seeking to have to breach-of-contracts proceedings moved before the Federal Maritime Commission. U.S. Judge Sean Lane denied the motio...
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| TNT reports $230 million 4Q loss |
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Days after it rejected an acquisition bid from UPS, the Dutch document and package carrier TNT Express said it had a loss of 174 million euros ($230 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to a profit of 4 million euros in the same 2010 period. Revenues were 1.87 billion euros in the fourth quarter, 2.3 percent more than the same period a year earlier. For the full-year 2011, the company lost 272 million euros, compared to a profit of 69 m...
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| NY/NJ port authority puts toll violators on notice |
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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Deadbeat truckers, bus companies, vehicle rental businesses and motorists who have racked up thousands of dollars of unpaid tolls at bridges and tunnels in the New York City metropolitan area are now having their identities exposed to shame them into compliance. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday published its list of top toll violators , who collectively owe about $5 million. Several small trucking firms involved in goods transportation are named. &nbs...
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| U.S., EU seal organic food trade |
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
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The United States and European Union on Wednesday announced that starting June 1 organic products certified in Europe or the United States may be sold as “organic” in either region. The United States and Europe are considered the world’s largest producers of organic crops, with a collective value of $52 billion (40 billion euros). The agreement’s signing took place at the BioFach World Organic Fair, the largest trade show for organic products in the world. &...
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| Conviction upheld in waterfront mob case |
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
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The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Michael Coppola who was found guilty by a jury of racketeering and sentenced to 16 years in jail in 2009. The court said Coppola was found guilty after a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York "of conducting and conspiring to conduct the affairs of the Genovese organized crime family through a pattern of racketeering activity evidenced by the use of extortion ...
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| Court won't block NY Waterfront Commission program |
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Monday, February 13, 2012
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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a complaint by the New York Shipping Association (NYSA) that sought to block a program by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor (WCNYH) that would give it the option to install independent monitors at port businesses. The commission was created in 1953 by the states of New York and New Jersey as a special law enforcement agency to combat crime and corruption at marine terminals and other wa...
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| General average declared after ship engine explosion |
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Monday, February 13, 2012
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The owner of the containership Hanjin Osaka has declared “general average,” following an explosion in its main engine on Jan. 8. MS Pelapas GmbH & Co. KG is the vessel owner, according to the shipping information database Equasis. It lists F. Laeisz as the ship manager, and a brochure on the F. Laeisz Website says the 1992-built Pelapas and its sister ships Perugia and Pereira are under long-term time charters to Hanjin. The vessels have a capacity of 4,024 TEUs an...
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| DTAG seeks new members |
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Friday, February 10, 2012
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The Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG), a private-sector panel that provides advice to the federal government on the policy and regulation of U.S. defense trade, is now accepting membership applications for the upcoming 2012-2014 term. “Membership on this panel presents an exciting opportunity to participate in the administration’s Export Control Reform Initiative, seeking to better align the export control process with emerging global security challenges,” the State De...
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| Judge declines to prevent NY-NJ toll hike |
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday denied a request from the Automobile Club of New York and the Automobile Club of North Jersey (AAA) for a preliminary injunction against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to keep the agency from raising tolls on its four bridges and two tunnels. The toll hikes have upset some commuters and truckers in the region. Tolls vary according to time and day of use and whether a vehicle has an EZ pass radio-frequency tag. For ex...
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| ACP says canal expansion on schedule |
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP), as well as Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), the consortium of four construction companies building a new, larger set of locks for the waterway, said they expect the expansion project to be completed on time. Despite a one-week construction workers strike in January, problems with perfecting the concrete mix for the locks project, and a report of work falling behind, both ACP and GUPC said in statements the canal expansion was ...
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| U.S. dolphin-safe rules pressed in WTO |
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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The United States on Friday filed an appeal in the World Trade Organization dispute with Mexico challenging the United States’ dolphin-safe labeling measures for tuna products sold in America. On Sept. 15, 2011, a WTO Panel report in this dispute was released, which found the objectives of the U.S. measures are legitimate; the measures do not treat Mexico’s tuna products any less favorably than tuna products from the United States or other WTO members; and any adverse ef...
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| U.S. caviar seller runs afoul of Lacey Act |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said two Kentuckians and their caviar companies pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to trafficking in and falsely labeling illegally harvested paddlefish. Steve Kinder and his wife, Cornelia Joyce Kinder, both of Owenton, Ky., owned and operated Kinder Caviar Inc. and Black Star Caviar Co. Those companies were in the business of exporting paddlefish eggs as caviar to customers overseas. ...
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| CN attacks Ackman-Harrison alliance |
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Monday, January 16, 2012
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Canadian National Railway Co. is alleging that private investor William Ackman's plan to have former CN chief executive officer Hunter Harrison run its competitior, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., may violate a non-compete agreement that Harrison signed when he left CN. “As part of his employment contract with CN, Mr. Harrison agreed, upon retirement as president and chief executive officer on Dec. 31, 2009, to be bound by a broad range of confidentiality and multiyear non-c...
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| Amazon.com DCs in Va., Tenn. raise eyebrows |
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
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Amazon.com will invest $270 million to open four fulfillment centers in Virginia and Tennessee this fall, the company announced Dec. 22. The Seattle-based Internet retailer will spend $135 million in Virginia for two distribution centers, one in Chesterfield County, south of Richmond, and the other in Dinwiddie County, near Petersburg. The Chesterfield DC will be the larger of the two with 1 million square-feet of space and more than 1,000 job...
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| Cell phone restrictions in trucks take effect |
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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Starting today, interstate truck drivers are prohibited from using handheld cell phones while driving due to a final rule implemented by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Violations carry a $2,750 fine for each offense and possible commercial license suspension for drivers with multiple convictions involving these violations....
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| Truckers seek Supreme Court review of LA port case |
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
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The American Trucking Associations last week filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of its case against the Port of Los Angeles. The ATA prevailed on the major issue in its dispute with the port when the 9th Circuit of Appeals ruled in September that the Port of Los Angeles could not ban the use of independent contractors at the port in favor of employee truck drivers. The court found that requirement in the port’s ban was preempted by a...
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| El Al pays damages in price-fixing suit |
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Israeli flag carrier El Al became the 16th airline to settle a class-action suit on behalf of freight forwarders who claim they were harmed by paying inflated prices for transportation because of collusion by carriers on surcharges, the elimination or prevention of discounts and commissions. El Al agreed to pay $15.8 million to the plaintiffs. The airline's decision brings the total amount recovered so far to $478.3 million, according to a statement from H...
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| Shipping executive charged with embezzlement |
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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George Ortega of Kinnelon, New Jersey, the former managing director of Passport CFS Logistics, was arrested Dec. 7 for allegedly embezzling or obtaining unlawfully approximately $1.6 million from ARGIX Direct, doing business as Passport CFS Logistics, over an eight-year period. The arrest was announced by Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli in New Jersey Passport's primary business involved the transporting shipping containers from various ports located in the ...
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| NLRB ends case against Boeing |
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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The business community won a major victory Dec. 9 when the National Labor Relations Board decided to withdraw its complaint against Boeing Co. for opening a second production line for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft in South Carolina, a right-to-work state. The NLRB has become a focal point of industry anger with the Obama administration because Democratic appointees are perceived as making a series of activist pro-labor decisions as a political favor to lab...
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| Browning to lead GM's customs operation |
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Friday, December 09, 2011
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Douglas Browning, a former deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is leaving Sandler Travis Trade Advisory Services after six years to become global customs counsel for General Motors, he announced in an e-mail to friends and colleagues. Browning was senior vice president and general counsel for STTAS and on call as an advisor to sister law firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg. In his new position, he will manage a team of mo...
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| Cargolux execs plead guilty |
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Friday, December 09, 2011
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Two executives of Luxembourg-based Cargolux Airlines International S.A. have each pleaded guilty and agreed to serve 13 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to fix cargo rates for international air shipments, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday. Ulrich Ogiermann, the former president and chief executive officer, and current employee of Cargolux; and Robert Van de Weg, the airline’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, pleaded guil...
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| A sticky situation |
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011
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A grand jury has charged three persons with smuggling honey from China into the United States, said United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill in Jacksonville. Chin Shih Chou, a/k/a "Jeff" (48, Taiwan), Qiao Chu, a/k/a "Dott" (25, China), and Wei Tang Lo a/k/a “Danny,” a/k/a “Larry Law,” a/k/a "David Lo" (48, Hacienda Heights, California) are charged with falsely labeling the honey as "rice fructose" in order to avoid more than $1 million in duties owed to the United States. They...
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| Justice sniffs out counterfeit perfume |
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
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Two New Jersey men were charged in an indictment unsealed on Dec. 1 in the Eastern District of New York for their roles in a conspiracy to import and traffic in counterfeit perfume, the Justice Department said. Sanjay Anandani, 34, of Clinton, N.J., was arrested on Dec. 1 in Secaucus, N.J., and made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy in the Eastern District of New York. Rohit Rohit, 28, of Edgewater, N.J., surrendered to authorities t...
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| Former air cargo exec pleads guilty to price fixing |
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
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The U.S. Justice Department said a former executive of a Peruvian airline pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to fix surcharges on air cargo shipments from the United States to South and Central America following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. George Gonzalez, former chief commercial officer of Cielos Airlines, a Peruvian air cargo carrier, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida to a one count charge of price fixing. On Oct. 28, 2010, Gonzalez...
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| White named RILA general counsel |
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has named Deborah White as executive vice president and general counsel, the organization said Tuesday. As RILA’s chief legal officer, White will oversee all association corporate governance and related legal activities and serve as the primary liaison to RILA member company general counsels and members of the RILA general counsel committee. White will also serve as president of the Retail Litigation Center, which brin...
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| FMC meets with Shanghai Shipping Exchange officials |
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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The Federal Maritime Commission on Tuesday began meetings with officials from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange in an effort to address U.S. shipper and non-vessel-operating common carrier concerns about the purpose and management of certain sensitive shipment information collected by the exchange. The meetings, underway at the commission’s Washington headquarters, will be held through Thursday. The FMC and the exchange also met briefly with COSCO Americas officials at the end of ...
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| Johns to receive 2011 Connie Award |
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) will present the 2011 Connie Award to Robert Kenneth (Ken) Johns, former president of Sea-Land Service, for his significant influence on containerization in worldwide trade and transportation. Johns served as Sea-Land's president and chief operating officer from 1979-87. Under his leadership, Sea-Land prospered as one of the world's largest, most innovative and successful transportation companies. Following...
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| NY man, firm guilty of illegal computer exports |
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Monday, October 10, 2011
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Jeng “Jay” Shih, 54, a U.S. citizen, and his Queens, N.Y.-based company Sunrise Technologies and Trading Corp., pleaded guilty on Friday in the District of Columbia to conspiracy to illegally export U.S.-origin computers from the United States to Iran through the United Arab Emirates. At the court hearing, Shih and his company each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to defraud the United States. The maximum senten...
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| CBP makes headway on simplified entry |
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
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U.S. Customs and industry representatives on Monday outlined how a simplified process for filing import declarations would look and said a trial program will start soon to demonstrate how fewer documentation requirements could benefit the government and importers alike. The goal is to give trusted traders a more streamlined process to get goods released by linking security and admissibility data requirements. A simplified customs entry would resemble the Importer Security Filin...
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| St. Louis forwarder settles export violations |
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said Ram International, a St. Louis-based freight forwarder, has agreed to pay a $40,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it committed two violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). BIS alleges that on two occasions in 2006, Ram’s Elk Grove Village, Ill., office “aided and abetted” the unlicensed export of salvage scrap electrolytic tin plate steel to Allied Trading Company in Karachi, Pakistan,...
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| E-waste firm indicted over exports |
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Monday, September 19, 2011
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Electronic waste firm Executive Recycling Inc., its owner and a former executive were indicted by a federal grand last week in Denver. Executive Recycling; Brandon Richter, the owner and chief executive officer; and Tor Olson, former vice president of operations, were indicted on charges of wire and mail fraud, environmental crimes in connection with the failure to file a notification to export hazardous waste, exportation contrary to law, and destruction, alteration or falsifi...
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