Thursday evening’s opinion and order in which U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy for Montana in Missoula granted the plaintiffs in two consolidated cases (dockets 9:23-cv-00056 and 9:23-cv-00061) a preliminary injunction against Montana’s statewide TikTok ban enjoins that law, SB-419, from taking effect Jan. 1, pending a final determination on the merits of the plaintiffs' claims that the statute violates the First Amendment and the Constitution’s supremacy and commerce clauses (see 2311300072).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 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 and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Dec. 1 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 30, 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.
Chinese exporter Ninestar Corp. is likely to show that the Court of International Trade has jurisdiction over the company's challenge to its placement on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, the trade court ruled in a Nov. 30 opinion.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that non-refillable steel cylinders from India (A-533-912) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose antidumping duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Dec. 1, the date this preliminary determination is due to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping determinations that brass rod from Brazil (A-351-859), India (A-533-915), Mexico (A-201-858), South Korea (A-580-916) and South Africa (A-791-828) is being sold at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Dec. 1, the publication date of these preliminary determinations in the Federal Register.
Counsel for NetChoice and California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) propose continuing their Dec. 8 initial case management conference to April 4, after briefing is complete in Bonta’s 9th Circuit appeal of the preliminary injunction that blocks him from enforcing AB-2273, the state’s age-appropriate social media law (see 2310190030), said their joint stipulation Tuesday (docket 5:22-cv-08861]) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. The parties agree that it would be more efficient to hold the initial case management conference after appellate briefing is complete, “so that the parties’ positions on appeal can be fully developed, and to better inform any necessary case management,” said the stipulation. Bonta’s opening brief in his 9th Circuit appeal is due Dec. 13 and NetChoice’s responding brief is due Feb. 7, with Bonta’s reply due March 13.
Having won a preliminary injunction Aug. 31 blocking Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) from enforcing the state’s age-verification Social Media Safety Act on First Amendment grounds (see 2309010024), NetChoice asked the court Tuesday to deliver the statute a knockout punch.
Montana is enjoined from enforcing SB-419, its statewide TiTtok ban, when it takes effect Jan. 1, said an order late Thursday (docket 9:23-cv-00061) from U.S. District Judge Daniel Molloy in Missoula, granting a motion for a preliminary injunction from TikTok and several TikTok influencers.