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American, Canadian and Mexican customs brokers and freight forwarders are urging Canada to rethink its upcoming deployment of a new customs management system in two months, saying they’re concerned the country’s current approach could significantly disrupt trade.
American, Canadian and Mexican customs brokers and freight forwarders are urging Canada to rethink its upcoming deployment of a new customs management system in two months, saying they’re concerned the country’s current approach could significantly disrupt trade.
The U.S. told the Court of International Trade in a March 15 reply brief that importer Katana Racing has failed to submit any evidence that would be admissible at trial to rebut the govenrment's claims in a customs penalty suit. The U.S. said Katana only pointed to "hearsay" in addressing the government's arguments that the company was the importer of record for the 386 entries at issue and that the importer negligently entered the goods via "material and false statement" (United States v. Katana Racing, CIT # 19-00125).
Dotdash Meredith, publisher of more than 40 magazines, including People, Better Homes & Gardens and Southern Living, sells subscribers’ purchase information without providing prior notice of the disclosures, as required under Utah’s Notice of Intent to Sell Nonpublic Personal Information Act (NISNPIA), alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-00046) in U.S. District Court for Utah.
Prepare for more California privacy activity in coming months, California Privacy Protection Agency Senior Privacy Counsel Lisa Kim said Wednesday. Kim previewed CPPA enforcement, rulemaking and legislative work at a virtual FCBA privacy symposium Wednesday. A growing patchwork of state privacy laws makes it difficult for businesses to create a good consumer experience for making privacy choices, said corporate privacy practitioners during a later panel.
A Mayo Clinic newsletter customer received a “barrage of unwanted junk mail” after the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research rented or sold information about her subscription purchase to third parties, alleged a privacy class action Tuesday (docket 4:24-cv-00033) in U.S. District Court for Utah in Salt Lake City. The suit alleges Mayo violated Utah’s Notice of Intent to Sell Nonpublic Personal Information Act (NISNPIA).
CBP released a guidance document detailing the roles and responsibilities of CBP and customs brokers faced with cybersecurity incidents. The document, released March 11, further details processes that were outlined in an initial guidance issued in April 2023.
Ford Motor Company agreed to pay $365 million to settle allegations that it knowingly undervalued hundreds of thousands of cargo vans, DOJ announced. The settlement comes five years after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that CBP properly classified Ford's Transit Connect vehicles as cargo vans, dutiable at 25%, and not as passenger vans, dutiable at 2.5%.
Ford Motor Company agreed to pay $365 million to settle allegations that it knowingly undervalued hundreds of thousands of cargo vans, DOJ announced. The settlement comes five years after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that CBP properly classified Ford's Transit Connect vehicles as cargo vans, dutiable at 25%, and not as passenger vans, dutiable at 2.5%.