The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of a changed circumstances antidumping (AD) duty review of large newspaper printing presses and components thereof, whether assembled or unassembled (LNPPs), from Japan.

The Entertainment Software Assn. (ESA) and VSDA lived up to their promise Mon. as they filed a lawsuit in U.S. Dist. Court, San Jose, Cal., to overturn a law that would make it illegal for retailers to rent or sell violent videogames to minors under 17 years old. The act cleared the Cal. legislature Sept. 8 and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Oct. 7 (CED Oct 12 p9).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews:

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated official textile and apparel import data from the Department of Census for August 2005.

The Entertainment Software Assn. (ESA) and the Video Software Dealers Assn. lived up to their promise Mon. as they filed a lawsuit in U.S. Dist. Court, San Jose, Cal., to overturn a law that would make it illegal for retailers to rent or sell violent videogames to minors under 17 years old. The act cleared the Cal. legislature Sept. 8 and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Oct. 7. Named as defendants were Schwarzenegger, Cal. Attorney Gen. Bill Lockyer (D), Santa Clara County Dist. Attorney George Kennedy, San Jose City Atty. Richard Doyle and Santa Clara County Counsel Ann Miller Ravel. The ESA and VSDA said they were named because they will have to enforce the law if it’s enacted as part of each’s “official capacity.” The suit asked the court to “issue a declaratory judgment that the act is void,” issue a preliminary injunction and a permanent injunction against the defendants to stop them from enforcing the act. The groups also seek “general and equitable relief as [the court] deems fit and proper,” along with legal costs and attorneys’ fees.

The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing official August 2005 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:

Emotions ran “quite high” over mandatory retention of communications traffic data after a meeting last Thurs. between U.K. Home Secy. Charles Clarke -- who now heads the Presidency’s Justice & Home Affairs Council -- and European Parliament (EP) members, a parliament member told us. Clarke, who updated the EP panel on civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE) on Council efforts at data retention, left many MEPs fuming over a seeming “take it or leave it” attitude on the Council’s part, the MEP said. But another said refusal to compromise could hurt Parliament’s credibility for years.

The FCC at its Oct. 28 meeting is expected to seek comment on the role of wireless technology and services in a redundant multiplatform emergency alert system (EAS). The NPRM, not expected to make any preliminary conclusions, will ask “an open-ended question,” an FCC source said. It will be attached to an EAS order, not expected to address any wireless issues.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued notices stating that it is postponing the following preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determinations:

Time Warner’s possible deal on AOL with Comcast and Google could value AOL at $20 billion, analyst Rob Sanderson of American Technology Research said. Earlier this week it was reported that TW was in preliminary talks with Comcast and Google about a possible partnership that could involve AOL (CD Oct 13 p5). Sanderson said such an alliance between the parties makes strategic sense.