The International Trade Administration has initiated antidumping duty investigations to determine whether imports of certain magnesia carbon bricks from China and Mexico are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

U.S. District Judge William Pauley, Manhattan, gave New York City lawyers an extra month to file opposition papers on CE makers’ motion for a preliminary injunction to block the city from enforcing its e-waste law. Opposition papers now are due Oct. 9, while CE makers now have until Nov. 20 to reply. Oral arguments on the motion had been set for Oct. 23, but will be rescheduled, Pauley said. His order said the city had asked for more time “in light of” the 16 sworn declarations CE makers filed in support of their motion (CED Aug 12 p2). Lawyers for both sides agreed to the extension, his order said.

The Federal Maritime Commission has determined (by a 3-0 vote) to dismiss its investigation as to whether certain Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach marine terminal practices violate Section 10 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (Docket No. 08-05¹), citing a change in circumstances.

The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances reviews of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam.

The International Trade Administration has issued notices that it is postponing the preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of polyethylene retail carrier bags from Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

The International Trade Administration is requesting comments by September 16, 2009 on how it should change its current method of determining whether novelty candles are included or excluded from the scope of the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from China, given the large number of scope determinations that are being requested.

The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances reviews of certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube and light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico.

Tagged.com CEO Greg Tseng’s history with a previous company targeted by the FTC is coming back to haunt him. A lawsuit seeking class-action status claims that the social networking company’s e-mail marketing practices, also the target of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (WID July 13 p2), are eerily similar to those that JumpStart Technologies promised to halt in 2006 when Tseng helmed the company. We couldn’t reach Tagged to weigh in on the relevance of JumpStart’s consent decree with the FTC on Tagged’s marketing practices. Cuomo’s office, which couldn’t make our deadline for comment, appears to have not followed through with its lawsuit threat in the past month.

The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews of wooden bedroom furniture from China for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007.

The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.