The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping (AD) duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China with respect to the following producer/exporter combinations, and review period:
A retired AT&T worker at the center of a lawsuit against the telco filed an amicus brief late Thurs. urging the U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco to unseal statements he made about the nature of the alleged electronic eavesdropping undertaken by his former employer in connection with the National Security Agency’s (NSA) domestic spying program. The case involving Klein, who believes AT&T aided the NSA in a widespread intercept of Internet data traffic, is being handled by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (CD April 7 p16). Klein worked for AT&T 22 years as a telecom technician. In the brief, his attorneys argue that its “not an overstatement” to say that he’s a “central witness” in the case and his testimony and documents are “key evidence” supporting EFF’s pending motion for a preliminary injunction. AT&T has asked the court to seal certain papers and to force him to return materials, his brief said. The govt. is expected to assert state secrets privilege over some information in the case, the document said. The brief argued that the splitting and rerouting to NSA of fiber optic cables he witnessed on the job is public information. Klein hasn’t sought, and doesn’t intend to seek, money for alleged harm caused by AT&T conduct, the brief said: “His sole interest in this proceeding is seeing to it that the plaintiffs’ grievances are heard by a court of law, and that the unlawful inception of Internet-based communications is halted.”
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of honey from Argentina for the period of December 1, 2003 through November 30, 2004.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews of fresh garlic from China for the period of November 1, 2003 through October 31, 2004.
A retired AT&T worker at the center of a lawsuit against the telco filed an amicus brief late Thurs. urging the U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco to unseal statements he made about the nature of the alleged electronic eavesdropping undertaken by his former employer in connection with the National Security Agency’s (NSA) domestic spying program. The case involving Klein, who believes AT&T aided the NSA in a widespread intercept of Internet data traffic, is being handled by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (WID April 7 p10). Klein worked for AT&T 22 years as a telecom technician. In the brief, his attorneys argue that its “not an overstatement” to say that he’s a “central witness” in the case and his testimony and documents are “key evidence” supporting EFF’s pending motion for a preliminary injunction. AT&T has asked the court to seal certain papers and to force him to return materials, his brief said. The govt. is expected to assert state secrets privilege over some information in the case, the document said. The brief argued that the splitting and rerouting to NSA of fiber optic cables he witnessed on the job is public information. Klein hasn’t sought, and doesn’t intend to seek, money for alleged harm caused by AT&T conduct, the brief said: “His sole interest in this proceeding is seeing to it that the plaintiffs’ grievances are heard by a court of law, and that the unlawful inception of Internet-based communications is halted.”
Verizon announced the preliminary results of its shareholder vote Thurs., including the approval of each of its 13 dirs. up for election to one-year terms. Shareholders also ratified Ernst & Young as Verizon’s independent auditor and approved a resolution requesting that dir. nominees be elected by the majority of votes cast at an annual meeting.
Square Enix’s sequel Kingdom Hearts II, in its 5th week, was the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to preliminary Home Video Essentials data by Rentrak for the week ended April 30. The Godfather for PS2 from Electronic Arts (EA) -- the previous week’s #1 game -- dropped to #2 in its 6th week. Tomb Raider: Legend for PS2 from Eidos was again #3 in its 3rd week, EA’s Black for PS2 was again #4 in its 9th week, Midway’s NBA Ballers: Phenom for PS2 was again #5 in its 4th week and the Xbox version of Legend was #6 again… In its first week available, EA’s FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 for multiple platforms was the #1-selling game in the U.K., according to ChartTrack data for the week ended April 29. Tomb Raider: Legend -- the previous week’s top seller -- slipped to #2 in its 4th week. The only other new game in the top 10 was NCsoft’s Guild Wars: Factions for PC at #7.
Though 12 data security bills are pending in Congress, none is likely to replace the raft of sector-specific laws on data security and privacy, such as the Fair & Accurate Credit Transactions Act and Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act, FTC Dir.-Bureau of Consumer Protection Lydia Parnes said Thurs. Speaking to the Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference in D.C., she said: “I don’t see [those laws] getting back in the box in any way,” but a minimum national standard across all sectors “would certainly be a good start” on improving areas left unaddressed by sector- specific laws. Parnes also said the FTC just reached a $4.1 million settlement with an alleged spammer.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review for the countervailing (CV) duty order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from Turkey, with respect to the following company and review period:
A N.Y. woman, with the support of the EMR Policy Institute, filed a lawsuit seeking to block the June advanced wireless services auction. The lawsuit charges that the auction should be blocked because the FCC never prepared an environmental impact study (EIS) on the effects of long-term exposure to low-intensity radiation, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. The suit was filed by Maria Gonzalez, a nurse and mother of 2 in Astoria, Queens. It seeks a preliminary and permanent injunction, as well as a writ of mandamus to require an EIS.