Recent Successes

• Trademark penalty case of $39,400 in Miami allowed to export the merchandise.
• Paid liquidated damages in Laredo of $24,303; obtained a refund of $21,893
• Liquidated damages of $50,000 assessed in Long Beach mitigated to $2,500
• Liquidated damages of $50,000 assessed in Long Beach mitigated to $467
• Trademark penalty case of $46,747.25 in Middleburg mitigated to $4,409.85
• Liquidated damages of $100,507 assessed at New York Customs; canceled in full
• Customs broker penalties of $30,000 and $10,000 canceled
• The only litigated drawback penalty case since 1993 reduced from approximately $365,000 to approximately $13,000 
• Detroit Customs remitted a counterfeit penalty of $197,535 in full
• Litigation in U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico resulted in Customs being barred from assessing counterfeit penalties based on an alleged UL trademark violation
• Recovered $25,000 in Customs duties based on drawback claims being litigated in the USCIT
• Counterfeit penalty, 1526(f), of $594,000—Canceled
• Counterfeit penalty, 1526(f), of $26,325—Canceled
• Broker penalty of $30,000 mitigated to $6,000
• In transit liquidated damage claim reduced from $30,474 to $1,125
• Customs penalty for bond violation reduced from $171,189 to $2,700
• Customs liquidated damages for bond violation reduced from $43,909 to $3,000
• Three containers of clothing detained by Customs released
• 164.45 percent dumping duty cash deposit rate reduced to 56.98 percent retroactively
• Liquidated damages of $184,905 for failure to redeliver; $1,500 offer of compromise accepted by Customs.
• Liquidated damages of $37,500 mitigated to $625 by Customs
• In U.S. v. UPS Customhouse Brokerage, Inc., Slip Op. 10-11, the government failed to prove it was entitled to custom broker penalties
• In U.S. v. Saad Nigri, Slip Op. 10-5 the judge dismissed Nigri from the section 1592 penalty litigation, because the lawsuit against him was baseless

Contact us about your U.S. Customs case

For a free opinion of your dispute with U.S. Customs, call us toll free at 1-888-341-9952 or contact us online.  Peter S. Herrick, P.A. has locations in the ports of Miami and Long Beach.  As a federal law practice, we represent clients in virtually every U.S. port.