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Daily Business Review

Forced Labor in Supply Chain: A Primer for Agricultural Interests and Other Companies in S. Fla.

U.S. Customs is the federal agency with primary border authority to ensure compliant imports into the United States. CBP's decision to locate its agricultural brain trust in South Florida could take on increased importance as new laws to ban imports made with forced labor (including tomatoes) take effect this summer.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Brewing Container Delay Disputes: When Will the Pandemic's Impact on Shipping Loosen Its Grip?

The road ahead promises to be bumpy as ocean carriers, shippers and government regulators formulate the standards that will govern the assessment and enforcement of container demurrage and detention charges to smooth the way ahead for the return to shipping normalcy.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida's 15 Seaports See 75% Jump in Cargo in 2021

The amount of waterborne cargo handled has gone from 111.8 million tons in 2019 to 195.5 million tons last year.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Orrick Certifies 4 Classes of Juul Customers in MDL

Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge William Orrick, in San Francisco, found that differences in the specific advertisements that individual class members saw, costs they suffered, or their "nicotine journey," did not overwhelm the common issues among all class members—namely, the allegedly deceptive marketing of Juul's products.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Trade Deficit Narrows to Smallest on Record Exports

Exports were boosted by gains in industrial supplies such as petroleum products, as well as increases in the value of shipments of consumer goods and motor vehicles.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Ruling Could Open Floodgates on Workplace Sexual Harassment Suits

"Now we're going to have, for the first time in years, public jury trials for sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace. It's a revolutionary change, really, given the decades of forced arbitration," said attorney Neil Mullin.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Merchant Marine Academy Midshipmen Sue Maersk, Alleging Sexual Assault, Harassment at Sea

Attorneys at Sanford Heisler Sharp and Maritime Legal Solutions represent the women, who allege that the assault and harassment they faced on the ships was foreseeable and that Maersk failed to take reasonable measures to protect them.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Virgin Islands New Open Ship Registry: Will It Serve as Friend or Foe?

Thus, the U.S. Virgin Islands open registry touches on several important public policy issues of late. These issues include if the open registry will make the United States less dependent on the foreign supply chain and the cost of subsidizing American maritime operations relative to the national security benefits.
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Employee: FedEx Not Paying for Military Leave Violates Federal Labor Law

Workers said in a complaint FedEx has for 18 years uniformly violated the federal law that requires civilian employers to treat their employees who take leave to perform military service as well as it treats those who take comparable leave, such as for jury duty, bereavement or illness.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Amazon Is Using Gig Economy Drivers to Deliver From Malls

The service that uses Amazon's sprawling network of gig drivers to fetch packages from mall-based retailers and deliver them to customers could help it expand the variety of goods it has available for fast shipment.
3 minute read

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