The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of low enriched uranium from France for the period of February 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews:
The Cal. legislature passed a video franchise reform bill to spur competition in the state’s $5.3 billion cable market by shifting video franchising from municipalities to the PUC. If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signs the bill as expected, Cal. will be the 8th state fundamentally reforming video franchising to facilitate competitive video entry. Those 8 states -- Cal., Ind., Kan., N.J., N.C., S.C., Tex. and Va. -- have 1/3 of the nation’s population.
In its first week available, the PS2 SKU of Madden NFL 2007 from Electronic Arts (EA) was the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Aug. 27. The Xbox and Xbox 360 versions were #2 and #3, respectively, also in their first week. No other new games made the top 10. EA’s NCAA Football 07 for PS2 -- the previous week’s #1 title -- dropped to #5.
The FCC and broadcasters agreed to an accelerated hearing schedule in an indecency case that the 2nd U.S. Appeals Court, N.Y.C., signaled Tues. in preliminary oral arguments it could hear on an expedited basis. A fast ruling in Fox v FCC would be a partial win for broadcasters complaining of increased FCC heavy-handedness toward racy programming.
The U.S. Dist. Court, Salt Lake City, issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the state’s adult content registry law, targeted by digital liberties activists as promoting censorship (WID June 10/05 p1). The law requires the state to compile a list of URLs worldwide that contain “material harmful to minors” and aren’t “access restricted.” ISPs must block access to such sites through a rating system or face 3rd-degree felony charges. The Center for Democracy & Technology, ACLU and a local bookstore sued, saying the law violates the First Amendment and Commerce Clause to the U.S. Constitution and could block access to many innocuous sites. The court stayed the plaintiffs’ discovery requests through the 2007 session of the Utah legislature. Defendants including the state attorney general must draft amendments intended to make the law constitutional and disclose them and proposed sponsors to the plaintiffs by Nov. 1. Otherwise, discovery responses will be due Nov. 30.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Turkey for the review period of May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2005.
Rep. Roy Burrell (D-La.) said that despite the preliminary injunction that was granted to stop the implementation of La.’s violent game law (CED Aug 28 p5), he believes there is still a chance the state will win in the end. Burrell - who sponsored the bill signed into law by La. Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D) -- said “don’t count us out just yet,” telling Consumer Electronics Daily the state Attorney Gen.’s office “plans to continue with additional material in defense of the bill, before the judge give a final decision.” A final decision “can only be given with another court appointment to present final evidence and after the plaintiff requests a final summary judgment which may occur in the next 2 weeks,” he added. Entertainment Merchants Ass. (EMA) Pres. Bo Andersen, meanwhile, joined the Entertainment Software Assn. in applauding the decision by U.S. Dist. Court Judge James Brady, Baton Rouge, granting the game industry a preliminary injunction last week. Andersen said “we also hope that this ruling will cause the state of Louisiana to rethink its position and abandon its strident defense of this misguided and poorly drafted law” which would make it illegal to rent or sell excessively violent games to minors.
The Entertainment Software Assn. (ESA) late last week lauded a decision by U.S. Dist. Court Judge James Brady, Baton Rouge, granting the game industry a preliminary injunction to stop La. from imposing a new law that would ban rental or sale of excessively violent games to minors. An ESA spokeswoman said the group plans to file for summary judgment and class certification “in short order,” adding “we are not sure when the judge will hand down his final decision.”