The New York/New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association, the JFK Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, and Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP – one of the nation’s leading law firms specializing in Customs law – are offering an online course to help candidates prepare for the October 2026 Customs House Broker License […]
GDLSK partner, Valerie Sorensen-Clark, is speaking at the Descartes Innovation Forum, taking place October 6–8, 2026 in Chicago. Valerie’s session, “From Data to Detention: How CBP Identifies and Targets High-Risk Shipments,” will take place October 6 from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. CT as part of the Global Trade Intelligence track. The session will examine how U.S. Customs and Border Protection assembles a risk profile from entry data and […]
GDLSK partner Frank J. Desiderio will present at the 2026 International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) World Congress in Milan, Italy. The gathering, which marks the 100th anniversary of the organization, will take place from October 6th to 9th. Frank will participate in a panel on October 8 titled, “Customs Reimagined: Turning Tariffs, Data […]
GDLSK partner, Valerie Sorensen-Clark, and GDLSK Associate, Katherine Dobscha, are speaking at the Case Western Reserve University, Tenth Trade Law Fall Update—taking place on line via Zoom on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. Valerie’s session will be a discussion of refunds of IEEPA tariff litigation, and the challenges that successful plaintiffs have faced to receive them. This (second) panel […]
Partner David M. Murphy will present at the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego, CA, taking place October 18-21, 2026. Mr. Murphy will be presenting on “Trade Enforcement: Company vs. Individual” on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 2:20 PM PDT. His presentation will examine how CBP trade enforcement actions differ when targeting […]
GDLSK partner Robert B. Silverman will present at the Coalition of New England Companies for Trade’s (CONECT) 30th Annual Northeast Trade & Transportation Conference, taking place October 21 to 23 in Newport, Rhode Island. Robert will join a customs compliance workshop panel alongside leaders from Harbour Island Consulting, L.L. Bean, and AN Deringer. The panel […]