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CBP does not grade on a curve. The reasonable care standard that governs a company importing four containers a year…

A CF-28 asks about one entry. A Focused Assessment asks whether your company should be trusted to file entries at…

An importer files an Importer Security Filing two days late on a container of furniture. Nothing is lost, nothing is…

A Chinese factory writes the wrong value on a commercial invoice. A freight forwarder picks the tariff code. A customs…

In 1993, Congress rewrote the deal between importers and the government. Before the Customs Modernization Act, a customs officer was…

In customs matters, the calendar is often the whole game. CBP does not have to prove much when a deadline…

After a seizure or a penalty notice, the question that keeps people up at night is the biggest one: am…

A letter arrives from CBP, and the language is dense, the deadline is buried or unclear, and the stakes feel…

When a customs problem lands in your lap, it is tempting to think of “Customs” as a single office somewhere…

Strip away the jargon and there are really only three ways U.S. Customs and Border Protection can reach into your…

If you have never dealt with a customs matter before, hiring a lawyer for one can feel like stepping into…

It happens constantly: a traveler is stopped at a U.S. airport on the way out of the country, CBP seizes…

When CBP seizes cash in Dallas or holds a shipment in Newark, the first instinct is usually to search for…

Customs and trade law is a small, specialized field, and the difference between a lawyer who lives in it and…

When something goes wrong with an import, a shipment, or money at the border, most people are not sure who…

Most people never think about customs law until something has already gone wrong — cash taken at the airport, a…

When the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods were first imposed in 2018, USTR’s exclusion process generated thousands of product-specific…

The largest tariff refund process in modern customs history is underway. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s February 2026 decision invalidating…

On June 3, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Strengthening Customs Enforcement” — one of the most significant…

When a CBP enforcement notice arrives in the mail, the document looks the same regardless of what it actually is.…

When CBP issues a penalty notice under 19 USC § 1592, the number on the page can look like it…

The short answer is: as much as you want. There is no legal limit on the amount of currency or…

Texas has two of the most consequential currency enforcement corridors in the United States — and they are not the…

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world. It handled 108 million passengers in 2024 — more…

California is the largest state economy in the country, the busiest entry point for trans-Pacific trade, and home to some…