District Judge Jeannette Vargas denied President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department’s motion to dissolve a preliminary injunction (PI) against the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to sensitive Treasury data on Tuesday. The judge ruled that the PI order should be modified so that the department and department secretary cannot provide access to payment information or systems containing sensitive information unless DOGE personnel handling it have undergone specific training and vetting.

A U.S. district court judge ruled Friday that a White House executive order targeting Jenner & Block was “doubly violative of the Constitution” and granted a motion for summary judgment and a preliminary injunction blocking it (see 2504280022). “Retaliating against firms for the views embodied in their legal work -- and thereby seeking to muzzle them going forward -- violates the First Amendment’s central command that government may not ‘use the power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression,’” U.S. District Court Judge John Bates wrote in the opinion. The executive order “casts a chill over the whole of the legal profession, leaving lawyers around the country weighing the necessity of vigorous representation against the peril of crossing the federal government.” Bates ordered the White House and federal agencies to rescind all guidance and direction on barring Jenner attorneys from federal facilities, reviewing security clearances and requiring federal contractors to disclose relationships with the firm. DOJ and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must also cease any related investigations of Jenner. The White House is expected to appeal the ruling.

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 27, 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 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on May 27 heard arguments concerning the government's motion to transfer a case challenging International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs to the Court of International Trade and two importers' bid for a preliminary injunction against the tariffs. Judge Rudolph Contreras asked the government about what remedy the court could impose should it find for the plaintiffs and about the merits of the importers' claim that IEEPA doesn't provide for tariffs (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump, D. D.C. # 25-01248).

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on xanthan gum from China (A-570-985). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of active anode material from China (A-570-195), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after May 28, the date that the preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.

The European Commission said Tuesday it's investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos for violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA) that affect minors.

NetChoice filed a brief on Tuesday asking the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to side with a district court’s previous ruling and block the Utah attorney general from enforcing a law regulating social media and minors on First Amendment and privacy grounds.

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:

A New York-led coalition of states filed an amended complaint against President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department on Friday, re-emphasizing the need to stop those without proper training and vetting from accessing personally identifiable information (PII) in Treasury data systems. This second complaint alleges violations of the Take Care Clause, the separation of powers doctrine and violations of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).