Nearly 1,000 new cases were filed in a US trade court since March 1, according to a Bloomberg News review of publicly available records. That’s roughly a third of the more than 3,000 tariff lawsuits brought over the past year. Customs officials have told a judge that they’re building a new system to handle repayment demands after he ordered the administration to launch the refund process. “It all boils down to uncertainty,” said Michael Roll, a partner at Roll & Harris who has filed tariff refund lawsuits, including more than a dozen in the last week alone. Jessica Rifkin, a principal at OFW Law who has filed refund lawsuits over the last two weeks, said that it isn’t clear when the government’s portal will be fully operational.

Source: The Edge Markets March 19, 2026 02:32 UTC