The Court of International Trade has entered U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “confession of judgment” in favor of Lizarraga Customs Broker, which was filed in response to Lizarraga’s pending motion for a preliminary injunction.
The COAC Intellectual Property Rights Subcommittee met with U.S Customs and Border Protection officials on August 12, 2010 to discuss CBP’s plans for a pilot program for a voluntary disclosure program for intellectual property rights violations.
House Energy and Commerce Committee sources have stated that they expect a new hearing to be scheduled on a discussion draft of drug safety legislation, but noted that no time has yet been set. Among other things, the draft legislation would require importer and custom broker registration for drugs, increased inspections and higher penalties. (See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/22/10 and 09/30/10 news, 10092210 and 10093003, for BP summaries of the discussion draft and the canceled September 30, 2010 hearing on it.)
On September 27, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin spoke at the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference. The following are highlights of his comments:
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
Broker Power is correcting and expanding its summary of the Office of Foreign Assets Control final rule, effective September 29, 2010, which implements the provisions of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA1) to ban imports of certain foodstuffs and carpets from Iran.
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a report providing the results from the 2010 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism cost/benefit survey that was prepared for the agency by the University of Virginia.
US Search, an online data broker, settled FTC charges that the company’s claims of protecting consumer records through a privacy service were deceptive. US Search began selling Privacy Lock in June 2009, the commission said Wednesday. It alleged that the $10 service but didn’t block a customer’s name “from showing up as an associate of someone else” in a search for that person’s name. The company also failed to prevent information from appearing in a reverse search of a customer’s phone number or address, the FTC said. The settlement bars US Search from “misrepresenting the effectiveness of their Privacy Lock Service” or any other service allowing customers to remove their information from search results.
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):