Illinois renewed its request for a federal court to dismiss a DOJ workplace privacy suit Monday. The state argued that DOJ didn't prove how federal law preempts elements of the state's Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act (Privacy Act).

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 4, 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 Commerce Department abused its discretion in rejecting a submission from respondent Tau-Ken Temir in a countervailing duty investigation, which was filed one hour and 41 minutes late, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held on Aug. 4. Judge Todd Hughes filed a dissent in the case, noting that he believes "Commerce has extensive authority to enforce its own deadlines."

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 4 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) 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 published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 4 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department will retroactively suspend liquidation and set countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for previously uncovered entries of overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from India (C-533-937), and will also apply retroactive antidumping duties to overhead door springs from China and India (A-533-936, A-570-186), it said July 29.

Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements took effect Aug. 1 for imports of chassis and subassemblies thereof from Mexico (C-201-866) and Thailand (C-549-855) after the Commerce Department found countervailable subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.

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

The Commerce Department abused its discretion in rejecting exporter Jindal Poly Films' affiliate questionnaire response as untimely in the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from India for the 2021 review period, the Court of International Trade held on Aug. 1. Judge Mark Barnett said Commerce failed to consider other factors in rejecting the submission, including the "early stage of the proceeding," the fact that Jindal was selected only after requests for review of all other companies were withdrawn and whether accuracy considerations outweighed the burden on Commerce.

The general-purpose AI code of practice adequately allows signatory AI developers to show compliance with the EU AI Act, the European Commission announced in an opinion Friday.