The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) has issued a Textile Development Memo stating that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has lifted the preliminary injunction against further action on threat-based China safeguard petitions. As a result, USA-ITA states that CITA may resume its consideration of the 12 threat-based cases that were filed last year. (USA-ITA, TDM dated 04/27/05, www.usaita.com )
Two Radio One DJs in Philadelphia won a federal court ruling preventing the company from taking further steps to enforce noncompete clauses in their contracts. The U.S. Dist. Court, Philadelphia, issued a preliminary injunction finding the clauses unenforceable because the station where DJs Preston Eliot and Steve Morrison worked, WPLY(FM), no longer operates. The agreement had barred them from taking jobs at other stations in the area for 6 months. Eliot and Morrison now work for Greater Media’s rock station WMMR(FM) in the same market, but they were off the air 2 months before the court decision.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has posted to its Web site its preliminary report for its investigation (No. 1205-6) on proposed modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), which are scheduled to become effective in January 2007.
Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) settled for $24 million in an overtime pay class-action suit by 30,000 current and former employees. The U.S. Dist. Court, L.A., gave preliminary approval. The company offers Web and application hosting among other businesses.
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has posted to its Web site its preliminary report for its investigation (No. 1205-6) on proposed modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). According to the ITC, these proposed modifications are scheduled to become effective in January 2007.
Panasonic has joined the high-level talks with Sony and Toshiba aimed at unifying the Blu-ray and HD DVD systems and averting an all-out format war, Consumer Electronics Daily has learned from sources familiar with the discussions.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary partial affirmative determination that critical circumstances exist for imports of chlorinated isocyanurates from China for Shanghai Tian Yuan International Trading Co., Ltd. (Tian Yuan, one of five section A respondents), and the China-entity.
Take-Two Interactive had one of its strongest recent showings on the U.S. videogame rental market in the week ended April 17 (see chart, this issue). Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data showed the publisher had 4 SKUs in the top 10, including Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition on its Rockstar Games label at #1. The Xbox version followed at #2. Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas continued to be strong, at #4. In its first week, the Xbox game Close Combat: First To Fight on the company’s Global Star Software label was #7.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing official February 2005 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report entitled, U.S.-China Trade: Textile Safeguard Procedures Should be Improved.