The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 9 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the July 9 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued a correction to its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on uncoated paper from China (C-570-023) to correct two company names listed in the June 29 notice. Commerce said the preliminary determination notice should have indicated that the Asia Symbol companies include Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper Co., Ltd.; Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd.; Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Omya Minerals Co., Ltd.; and Greenpoint Global Trading (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited. The agency also misidentified UPM (China) Co. Ltd. in the notice, it said.
NTIA now believes it will need to extend its current contract with ICANN for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions “at least through next July,” given recent stakeholder guidance on the timeline for the ongoing IANA transition process, NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling told the House Communications Subcommittee during a hearing Wednesday. Strickling has been seeking feedback from stakeholders on how long NTIA should extend ICANN's IANA contract past the current Sept. 30 expiration date. ICANN's IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) and the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability), which are both working on proposals for the IANA transition, had told Strickling they believed the transition wouldn't be complete until at least July 2016. CCWG-Accountability cautioned that NTIA should operate under the assumption that the IANA transition could be delayed until at least September 2016 if that group's work requires further negotiations to achieve consensus (see 1507070058).
NTIA now believes it will need to extend its current contract with ICANN for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions “at least through next July,” given recent stakeholder guidance on the timeline for the ongoing IANA transition process, NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling told the House Communications Subcommittee during a hearing Wednesday. Strickling has been seeking feedback from stakeholders on how long NTIA should extend ICANN's IANA contract past the current Sept. 30 expiration date. ICANN's IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) and the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability), which are both working on proposals for the IANA transition, had told Strickling they believed the transition wouldn't be complete until at least July 2016. CCWG-Accountability cautioned that NTIA should operate under the assumption that the IANA transition could be delayed until at least September 2016 if that group's work requires further negotiations to achieve consensus (see 1507070058).
The Commerce Department published notices in the July 8 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The FTC filed a joint complaint with the Florida Attorney General charging New York-based Lifewatch with using "blatantly illegal and deceptive robocalls to trick older consumers into signing up for medical alert systems with monthly monitoring fees," a news release from the FTC said Monday. The U.S. District Court in Orlando late last month halted an Orlando-based operation that the FTC and Florida Office of the Attorney General said "bombard[ed] consumers" with "massive robocall campaigns designed to trick them into paying up-front for worthless credit card interest rate reduction programs" (see 1506290049). Since 2012 Lifewatch has been bombarding consumers -- primarily elderly consumers -- with millions of unsolicited robocalls, the complaint said. Last year one of Lifewatch’s telemarketing firms, Worldwide Info Services, agreed to be banned from making robocalls or engaging in other deceptive conduct, to settle charges brought by the FTC and the state of Florida, the release said. The FTC and Florida's AG allege that Lifewatch knew of, and is responsible for, the illegal activities in that case, and that Lifewatch simply continued its telemarketing campaign using a variety of other telemarketers after Worldwide was shut down, the release said. “This company violated the Do Not Call Registry to deceive seniors, not only in Florida but across the country,” state Attorney General Pam Bondi said. The agencies are seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the defendants’ use of illegal robocalls and deceptive telemarketing claims, plus funds for eventual restitution to victims. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court in Chicago, one of the locations where the firm does business.
The Commerce Department published notices in the July 7 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on tapered roller bearings from China (A-570-601) (here). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from four exporters that was entered June 2013 through April 2014.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico (A-201-836) (here). The agency assigned the only company under review, Perfiles y Herrajes LM, S.A. de C.V., an AD rate of 4.15%. Any changes to Perfiles y Herrajes' cash deposit rate would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review. Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessments of AD duties for subject merchandise exported by Perfiles y Herrajes with a time of entry between Aug. 1, 2013 and July 31, 2014.