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Can Officers and Employees be Held Personally Liable for Customs Violations?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

However, in March 2014, the Government requested an en banc rehearing by the CAFC on the matter of personal liability. On September 16, 2014, the CAFC reversed its original decision and ruled that Trek Leather’s owner was, in fact, personally liable. Trek Leather, Inc., 11-1527 (Fed.Cir. Supreme Court in 1995.

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An update on required ‘Conflict’ Metals reporting…

Operations and Supply Chain Management

By John Kester and Maxwell Murphy June 2, 2014 7:28 p.m. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down part of the regulation. Companies Detail Use of ‘Conflict’ Metals. First Reports Filed to SEC on Potential Use of Minerals From a Region of War-Torn Africa. A dozen companies including Google Inc.,

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Columbus Day 2020: A Holiday in Search of a Name

Enterra Insights

For example, the District of Columbia (ironically named after Columbus) changed the name of the Federal Holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.[4] 4] The District is not alone in looking for an alternative name. 3] To quell the controversy some groups have opted to the change the holiday’s name.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

Complete data for employment in each state and for all 435 congressional districts (and the District of Columbia) are also available in the EPI US Manufacturing Footprint Map below. This interactive feature also includes details on employment by state and congressional district in each of 25 unique manufacturing industries.

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Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2019

Enterra Insights

”[1] This controversy has resulted in some states and the District of Columbia (ironically named after Columbus) to change the name of the Federal Holiday. The movement lost steam again until 2014, when Minneapolis, MN, Grand Rapids, MN, and Seattle, WA, decided to adopt the change.