The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 4 on AD/CVD proceedings:

Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect Nov. 5 for imports of dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) from Malaysia (A-557-827), Poland (A-455-808), Taiwan (A-583-875) and Turkey (A-489-852), after the Commerce Department found DOTP is being sold at less than fair value in preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigations.

The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on thermoformed molded fiber products from China (A-570-182/C-570-183) and Vietnam (A-552-845/C-552-846). The CVD investigations cover entries Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigations cover entries April 1, 2024 - Sept. 30, 2024.

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 31, 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.

Florida Surgeon General John Ladapo and Floridians Protecting Freedom must each file supplemental briefs on whether a preliminary injunction against the state will be needed after Election Day, said an order in U.S. District Court for Northern Florida Tuesday. The injunction, which FPF requested, would bar the state from taking legal action against TV stations running FPF’s campaign ad, which supports a state constitutional amendment limiting Florida from restricting abortions (see 2410290028). At Tuesday’s hearing, FPF said it would cease running the ad after the election, while the state said that it doesn’t plan to bring an enforcement action against stations now but it could later if it finds the ad harmed a Florida resident. Tuesday's order calls for Florida to file a supplemental brief on whether FPF’s claim is now moot, and for FPF to file a supplemental briefing showing that it would still face irreparable harm without an injunction. Both briefs are due Friday, and each side has until Monday to respond to the opposition’s brief, the order said.

A district court shouldn’t dismiss a free speech lawsuit attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri filed against the Biden administration given new evidence, the New Civil Liberties Alliance said in a brief filed Tuesday. Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri sued the Biden administration in 2022, claiming senior officials “colluded” with social media giants Meta, Twitter and YouTube, censoring information about COVID-19 and other topics. The U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled the 5th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court was "wrong" when it affirmed a district court’s “sweeping” preliminary injunction that barred dozens of White House officials and four federal agencies from coercing social media platforms (see 2406260034). The 5th Circuit's judgment was reversed and remanded to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. NCLA claims some of its clients, including several medical professionals, still face censorship on major social media platforms, and the court should allow additional discovery. As such, NCLA asked the district court to allow an amended complaint and the possibility of adding plaintiffs.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from Canada (A-122-863). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. Changes to cash deposit rates take effect Oct. 31, the date these final results were published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium (A-423-808). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.

A temporary restraining order barring the state of Florida from threatening TV stations over campaign ads related to abortion has been extended for 14 days, said an order Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida (see 2410180050). The restraining order was set to expire Tuesday, the same day as the hearing for a preliminary injunction that would similarly bar the Florida Department of Health (DOH) from acting against TV stations running the ads. The group behind the ads, Floridians Protecting Freedom, requested both the restraining order and the preliminary injunction. The ads support an amendment to Florida’s constitution that would bar the state from limiting abortions, but DOH has argued that they pose a health nuisance by spreading inaccurate information about the state’s abortion policies. Chief Judge Mark Walker extended the restraining order to allow more time for him to rule on the preliminary injunction, Tuesday’s order said. “The parties’ briefing and the arguments raised at the hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction identified new issues with respect to Plaintiff’s claims, which this Court must consider before ruling on the pending motion,” the order said. Neither the state nor Floridians Protecting Freedoms objected to the extension, the order said. The TRO will now expire Nov. 12 or when the court rules on the preliminary injunction, whichever is sooner, said Tuesday’s order.

NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) asked a federal court for a preliminary injunction of a Florida law that restricts kids’ access to social media and pornography websites. The groups filed the motion Tuesday at the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida, following up on a complaint they submitted Monday (see 2410280021). Granting the motion would stop the Florida law from taking effect Jan. 1. The court should rule on a preliminary injunction before that date because the law “will have a substantial impact upon the First Amendment rights of members of CCIA and NetChoice, and upon the rights of users of those members’ services,” wrote the plaintiffs, who also requested oral argument before a decision is made. The law requires parental consent before children ages 14 and 15 can use social media, while prohibiting parents from overriding a ban on children 13 and younger.