UPDATE: US Customs, American Seafoods in limbo as judge deliberates arguments over controversial shipping route

Attorneys clashed over teleconference and in the court room over whether or not American Seafoods and several other companies should be forced to pay the nearly $400 million in fines for allegedly violating the Jones Act.

The US Department of Justice served as legal counsel in a case involving government fines against American Seafoods subsidiaries over seafood transportation methods.
The US Department of Justice served as legal counsel in a case involving government fines against American Seafoods subsidiaries over seafood transportation methods.Foto: Scott/Creative Commons