Stratton AV and Hatchfields falsely advertise themselves as an authorized JVC and Kenwood dealer and offer for sale to consumers JVCKenwood USA (JKUSA) products via the Hatchfields seller account on Amazon, alleged a fraud complaint Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-21967) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Miami.
Lawyers gave feedback this week on recently issued Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty regulations, with at least one attorney saying the changes were mostly positive for petitioners. They also discussed challenges faced by different parties during International Trade Commission investigations, and they said they sided with the ITC in its ongoing defense of its treatment of confidential information at the Court of International Trade.
Crown Castle said Wednesday that “based on preliminary information from the Company’s proxy solicitor,” shareholders approved its slate of 12 nominees to the board. The slate defeated a group Boots Capital Management proposed (see 2405170054). “We thank our shareholders for the trust they have placed in our highly qualified board members as they oversee the creation of a stronger, more valuable Crown Castle,” the company said: “The board continues to take action, including conducting the strategic and operational review of our fiber and small cell business already underway, to improve performance and unlock shareholder value.”
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 23 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 has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan (A-588-869). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from the only producer/exporter remaining under review, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., that was entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices May 23 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review of pasta from Italy (C-475-819). Rates set in this review would be used to set assessments on importers from the exporters under review for subject merchandise entered during calendar year 2022.
The parties in the consolidated appeal to affirm or reverse the preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of Montana’s statewide TikTok ban (see 2312010003) want the 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court to hold the appeal in abeyance, pending the D.C. Circuit’s decision in the TikTok/ByteDance constitutional challenge of the federal TikTok ban, said the parties’ joint motion Tuesday (docket 24-34).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 22 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
Comments on the scope of ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam are now due June 5, said the Commerce Department in a notice released May 22 amending the scope of its CVD investigations to align it with changes adopted in its AD preliminary determinations (see 2405070079), and also extending the comment deadline. Rebuttal comments will then be due June 12.