August 04, 2023
A California manufacturer had a lawsuit dropped by a Florida federal judge after failing to file a motion to amend a complaint accusing a federal contractor of negligence over exercise machines that were slotted for destruction but were instead resold following their seizure by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
May 31, 2023
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday rejected a motion to sanction a fitness equipment maker's attorney for allegedly intimidating a witness in a dispute with a reseller over imported exercise machines seized at the border, finding that the allegedly improper communications did not "come anywhere close to witness intimidation."
May 25, 2023
A federal contractor accused of undercutting domestic businesses by reselling imported exercise machines that had been seized at the border has asked a Florida federal judge to sanction opposing counsel for allegedly improper communications with a witness that the contractor says amounts to intimidation.
December 13, 2021
A federal contractor urged a Florida federal court to toss claims that it undercut domestic businesses by reselling imported exercise machines that had been seized at the border and ordered destroyed, saying the government is to blame for any lost value.
November 02, 2021
An exercise machine maker filed suit against a federal contractor in Florida federal court Tuesday, alleging that the company resold goods seized by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on Amazon and eBay rather than destroying them as the CBP had ordered.