Tennessee Attorney General Jonathon Skrmetti (R) on Thursday opposed NetChoice’s renewed motion for a preliminary injunction on a law about kids’ access to social media. The AG said that the state has already responded to a motion for a preliminary injunction.
An auction of AWS-3 licenses returned to the FCC by affiliates of Dish Network in 2023 is expected to start and possibly end this year, wireless industry experts said. In addition, the auction will offer unsold licenses from the initial Auction 97, the AWS-3 auction 10 years ago. The FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which authorized the auction, allows 18 months for it to be held. It would be the FCC’s first auction of spectrum for full-power licensed use since 2022, with part of the proceeds going to fully fund the FCC’s Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 23. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 13.28% to 37.9% for Thai exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 22, 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.
A federal district court judge seemed skeptical of several tech industry arguments against California’s 2022 Age-Appropriate Design Code Act at oral argument Thursday. However, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Judge Beth Freeman also asked if she should wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to possibly rule on age-verification mandates in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 22 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
Antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China will continue, after the International Trade Commission on Jan. 22 voted that there is a “reasonable indication” that imports of the product are injuring U.S. industry, the ITC said in a news release. The Commerce Department will now consider whether to impose AD/CVD cash deposit requirements on ceramic abrasive grains, in preliminary determinations due March 12 for CVD and on or about May 27 for AD.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on slag pots from China, it said in a fact sheet Jan. 22. The underlying petition was filed in late December 2024 (see 2501030042). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Feb. 14. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Jan. 22 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 21, 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.