A Mississippi social media law requiring age verification may not be enforced while litigation continues, the U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi decided Monday. The state law requiring parental consent for minors younger than 18 (HB-1126) was to take effect that day. But the court said NetChoice showed a high likelihood of success in its complaint (see 2406070059) against Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 1 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 intends to exempt solar cells from Hanwha Q Cells made from inputs from two additional Chinese suppliers from antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells from China (A-570-979/C-570-980), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency plans to add the two Hanwha suppliers to Appendix V of its final circumvention determination (see 2308180044), which lists the Hanwha suppliers eligible for certification that the imported solar cells aren’t circumventing AD/CVD. Commerce’s final determination in the changed circumstances review is due in March but may come as soon as August if all parties to the case agree on the outcome.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 1 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Commerce Department was forced to use facts otherwise available in an investigation of Korean steel because the Korean government wasn't "forthcoming" when asked to provide data regarding an electricity subsidy’s costs, a petitioner said June 25 (Hyundai Steel Co. v. U.S., CIT # 23-00211).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 28 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 is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Italy (A-475-834) covering the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, that were published June 7, to correct a ministerial error in a calculation, which results in a lower AD cash deposit rate for a mandatory respondent to the review.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices June 28 on AD/CVD proceedings:
U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby for Utah scheduled a video hearing for Monday at 3:30 p.m. MDT in NetChoice’s challenge of Utah’s newly enacted Minor Protection in Social Media Act, said a text-only notice Wednesday (docket 2:23-cv-00911). NetChoice is seeking a two-week deadline extension, to July 12, to reply in support of its motion for a preliminary injunction to block Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) from enforcing the statute when it takes effect Oct. 1 (see 2406110004).
The statute authorizing the federal TikTok ban -- the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act -- is unconstitutional, and should be blocked, said the Electronic Freedom Foundation, TechFreedom and five other nonprofits in an amicus brief Wednesday (docket 24-1113) in the U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit.