September 04, 2015
Two men will pay a collective $435,000 to settle a government False Claims Act suit in Florida federal court accusing them of skirting customs duties on Chinese aluminum extrusions, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday.
April 02, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Southeastern Aluminum Products Inc. from a whistleblower suit alleging it conspired to dodge anti-dumping and countervailing duties on aluminum products from China, granting a joint motion to dismiss following settlements with the government and a relator.
February 13, 2015
Three importers accused of evading customs duties on imports of Chinese aluminum extrusions have agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a False Claims Act suit, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
June 10, 2014
The relator in a Florida suit accusing two shower-enclosure manufacturers of dodging countervailing duties on aluminum products lost his bid Tuesday to strike an allegedly "scandalous" and "derogatory" section in withdrawal papers filed by his former attorneys that claimed he had asked them to violate professional rules of conduct.
May 22, 2014
In a suit against two shower enclosure manufacturers accused of dodging countervailing duties on aluminum products from China, the relator moved to strike a section in his attorneys' withdrawal papers saying he asked the attorneys to violate professional rules of conduct, according to filings in Florida federal court Wednesday.
May 16, 2014
A Florida federal judge on Friday refused to let two shower enclosure manufacturers off the hook in a whistleblower suit accusing them of dodging countervailing duties on aluminum products from China, ruling that the government had alleged enough facts to keep its claims alive.