The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 24 on AD/CVD proceedings:

NetChoice asked a federal court Friday to approve a preliminary injunction against a Virginia social media law amending the state's privacy statute. The motion comes just days after the trade association sued the state over the amendment, which would require that social media platforms conduct age verification and set a one-hour daily limit for users younger than 16, unless they obtain parental consent for more time (see 2511170060).

The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on acetone from South Korea (A-580-899). Commerce found the one company remaining under review, Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc., did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning it a zero percent AD rate. Subject merchandise from Kumho P&B Chemicals entered March 1, 2023, through Feb. 29, 2024, will be liquidated without any assessment of AD, and future entries of subject merchandise from the company won't be subject to AD cash deposit requirements until further notice. Cash deposit rates from these final results take effect Nov. 24, the date they are set to be published in the Federal Register.

Various importers sought to consolidate their cases against the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, all of which were filed after the Supreme Court held oral argument in the lead cases on the question. In all, the companies sought to consolidate 24 different cases on the IEEPA tariffs, all of which were brought by Crowell & Moring.

The Commerce Department universally tolled all "Enforcement and Compliance deadlines" for 47 days, the effective length of the federal government shutdown, save for submissions due during the shutdown and requests for administrative reviews of suspension agreements and antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 19, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals grilled parties on what it means to be a content-based restriction when it comes to social media during a hearing Thursday in NetChoice v. Brown. The case centers on the constitutionality of SB-194, which requires social media companies to implement an age-assurance system to determine whether account users in Utah are minors (see 2505270050).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 19 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department universally tolled all "Enforcement and Compliance deadlines" for 47 days, the effective length of the federal government shutdown, save for submissions due during the shutdown and requests for administrative reviews of suspension agreements and antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 19 on AD/CVD proceedings: