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). The agency found a zero AD rate for Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. If continued in the final results, entries from Maquilacero during the period of review will be liquidated without regard to AD duties, and its merchandise will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Sept. 4 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):
Antidumping duty investigations on ferrosilicon from Russia and Venezuela will continue, after the International Trade Commission voted Aug. 30 that dumped imports of the product may be hurting U.S. industry. A coalition of U.S. manufacturers and labor unions requested the duties in July, alleging underselling by Russia and Venezuela is cutting profits and causing unemployment (see 13072304). AD and CV duty cash deposit requirements may come into effect as soon as Dec. 26, when Commerce is scheduled to makes its preliminary determination, although that deadline may be extended.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from China (A-570-941). The agency found a zero AD rate for New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd. If continued in the final results, period of review entries from New King Shan will be liquidated without regard to AD duties, and its merchandise will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The FCC should study the impacts of the Spectrum Act on low-power TV, said the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition in an ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/1duT9I2). Congress “avoided its responsibilities” by failing to ask the Congressional Budget Office to make such a study before passing the act, said the coalition. “There is no willingness” among legislators to initiate such a study, so the responsibility for conducting one “falls to the FCC,” said the coalition. “Without such a study being done prior to any final rule making and order, the Coalition will be forced to initiate legal action,” said the filing. A preliminary analysis conducted by the coalition showed a potential $1 billion impact on LPTV and translators, said the filing. LPTV stations should be allowed to participate in the auction, to make sure that there are enough participants to make the auction viable, it said. “Until such time that a study is done to show the potential results of LPTV in or out of the auction, no one can have the facts.” The coalition also made several suggestions related to the incentive auction, including giving displacement priority to stations that carry local news and service, and finding a solution for stations that are still in the midst of the conversion to DTV that after the repacking will have to again construct new digital facilities. The FCC also doesn’t have enough staff to handle the burden of applications and processing that will occur with the incentive auction, but the coalition is willing to “support an increase in the LPTV fee structure to support more staff and resources dedicated to LPTV-related activities,” said the filing.
The forthcoming Cybersecurity Framework being developed by critical infrastructure industries and the National Institute of Standards and Technology “complements, and does not replace, an organization’s existing business or cybersecurity risk management process and cybersecurity program,” said a discussion draft of the framework NIST released Wednesday night. The framework is instead meant to help an organization leverage its existing cybersecurity processes and identify areas to improve risk management, although organizations that lack a cybersecurity program can use the framework as a “reference when establishing one,” NIST said in the draft (http://1.usa.gov/154Zjp9).
The forthcoming Cybersecurity Framework being developed by critical infrastructure industries and the National Institute of Standards and Technology “complements, and does not replace, an organization’s existing business or cybersecurity risk management process and cybersecurity program,” said a discussion draft of the framework NIST released Wednesday night. The framework is instead meant to help an organization leverage its existing cybersecurity processes and identify areas to improve risk management, although organizations that lack a cybersecurity program can use the framework as a “reference when establishing one,” NIST said in the draft (http://1.usa.gov/154Zjp9).
The FCC Wireless Bureau Wednesday “accepted for filing” AT&T’s proposal to buy Leap Wireless. The order establishes a pleading cycle on what so far has not proven to be a controversial transaction. Petitions to deny are due Sept. 27, oppositions Oct. 7 and replies Oct. 15. “Preliminary review of the Applications indicates that AT&T would acquire, through a transfer of control, 10-50 megahertz of spectrum in 1,354 counties in 356 Cellular Market Areas nationwide,” the bureau said (http://fcc.us/148Lg1N). “AT&T would temporarily acquire a Lower 700 MHz A Block license, to be sold for the benefit of the Leap shareholders, in Chicago. Post-transaction, in markets in which there is geographical overlap, the merged entity would hold 46 to 180 megahertz of spectrum covering approximately 137 million people, or approximately 44 percent of the population of the mainland United States.” The two assert that the proposed transaction “would combine AT&T’s nationwide network with Leap’s prepaid/no-contract business to the benefit of consumers seeking a high-quality, competitively-priced prepaid wireless experience,” the bureau said. AT&T said in a surprise announcement in July it would buy its much smaller competitor (CD July 15 p1). The bureau notes that at the end of 2012, AT&T had about 107 million wireless subscribers and as of June 30, Leap had some 4.8 million subscribers.
An appeals judge hearing oral arguments in online TV retransmission service FilmOn X’s appeal of a preliminary injunction brought by broadcasters in California suggested that if broadcasters want existing copyright policy changed, they should look to Congress rather than the courts. “In the end, isn’t this really a problem for Congress?” asked Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain in a recording on the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals website. He was speaking to Baker Marquardt attorney Ryan Baker, who represented FilmOn X -- formerly Aereokiller. Broadcasters sought the injunction against FilmOn for retransmitting Los Angeles broadcast TV stations over the Internet without their consent, which the broadcasters said violates copyright law. The injunction was granted in a U.S. District Court in California, but appealed by FilmOn. “So long as we can determine that your client has come within the terms of existing copyright act, that’s enough,” O'Scannlain told Baker Tuesday.
An appeals judge hearing oral arguments in online TV retransmission service FilmOn X’s appeal of a preliminary injunction brought by broadcasters in California suggested that if broadcasters want existing copyright policy changed, they should look to Congress rather than the courts. “In the end, isn’t this really a problem for Congress?” asked Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain in a recording on the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals website. He was speaking to Baker Marquardt attorney Ryan Baker, who represented FilmOn X -- formerly Aereokiller. Broadcasters sought the injunction against FilmOn for retransmitting Los Angeles broadcast TV stations over the Internet without their consent, which the broadcasters said violates copyright law. The injunction was granted in a U.S. District Court in California, but appealed by FilmOn. “So long as we can determine that your client has come within the terms of existing copyright act, that’s enough,” O'Scannlain told Baker Tuesday.