Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to remove a preliminary injunction on a Texas law requiring age verification before accessing many platforms, websites and digital services. Granting Paxton's request would reverse the previous ruling of the U.S. District Court for Western Texas. That court erred when it determined the law triggered strict scrutiny and labeled it “vague,” Paxton argued.

The Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on high chrome cast iron grinding media from India (A-533-930). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in this final determination took effect April 28.

The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on high chrome cast iron grinding media from India (C-533-931). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Feb. 1, 2025, and Commerce will only require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries if it issues a CVD order.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Montana on April 28 denied a motion from four members of the Blackfeet Nation that sought to keep the established schedule on its motion for a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada after the Montana court transferred the matter to the Court of International Trade (Susan Webber v. United States, D. Mont. # 4:25-00026).

The Pacific Legal Foundation, the libertarian legal advocacy group that recently brought a case against the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on behalf of 11 importers, has had "preliminary" talks with the other advocacy groups that have brought cases challenging the tariffs on whether to proceed with separate cases. Molly Nixon, attorney at the foundation, told us she's "in touch" with the two other groups who have brought cases against the tariffs, the New Civil Liberties Alliance and the Liberty Justice Center, but that nothing is confirmed about whether the groups will combine cases.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 28 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):

A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on silicon metal from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. Mississippi Silicon and Ferroglobe requested the investigation.

The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation of certain alkyl phosphate esters from China (C-570-169), finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters. Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Feb. 1, 2025 and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.

The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its antidumping duty investigation of certain alkyl phosphate esters from China (A-570-168). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in this final determination take effect April 25, the date they were published in the Federal Register.

The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) co-filed a reply brief with NetChoice Monday, doubling down on their motion for a preliminary injunction against a Florida law that prohibits kids 13 and younger from creating social media accounts and requires parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to create them. The associations allege the 2024 law violates the First Amendment and puts cybersecurity and privacy risks on state residents.