Noting that many judges aren't technology experts, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Patrick Higginbotham expressed concern Monday that many legal issues are decided using court documents instead of jury trials. “One of the frustrations” that stems from long-running litigation is that “a trial judge … never got to hear the full evidence,” he said during oral argument in CCIA v. Paxton.
The U.S. agreed to stay the effective date of an import ban for swimming crab fisheries in Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka pending the National Marine Fisheries Service's reconsideration of the comparability findings for these fisheries (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).
The U.S. agreed to stay the effective date of an import ban for swimming crab fisheries in Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka pending the National Marine Fisheries Service's reconsideration of the comparability findings for these fisheries (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).
Both the government and a group of seafood importers opposed three conservation groups' attempt to intervene in the seafood importers' case against the National Marine Fisheries Service's comparability findings on 240 fisheries across 46 nations, which will lead to an import ban from the fisheries on Jan. 1, 2026 (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).
NPR and CPB are battling in court over the disbursement of interconnection funds, according to documents filed Friday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. NPR wants a federal judge to force CPB to distribute public radio interconnection funds to NPR stations, it said in motions for a preliminary injunction and summary judgment. CPB filed its own motion for summary judgment the same day, arguing that NPR’s lawsuit would prevent CPB from “serving its Congressionally mandated role to serve as the steward of public dollars for public media.”
Three conservation advocacy groups, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Animal Welfare Institute, moved to intervene in a case from a group of seafood product companies against the National Marine Fisheries Service's comparability findings of 240 fisheries across 46 nations, which will lead to an import ban from the fisheries. The advocacy groups also moved the Court of International Trade for an expedited consideration of their intervention motion so that they can take part in the court's expedited consideration of the seafood companies' motion for a preliminary injunction against the comparability findings (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).
The Court of International Trade on Oct. 22 denied the government's motion to stay judicial proceedings in a lawsuit from various seafood importers against the National Marine Fisheries Service's comparability findings of 240 fisheries across 46 nations. While the U.S. said the case should be stayed due to the federal government shutdown, Judge Joseph Laroski said the government's concerns regarding the shutdown, "while substantial, do not outweigh the urgency of judicial review" in this case due to the harm alleged by the importers (National Fisheries Institute v. United States, CIT # 25-00223).
The American Federation of Government Employees and other groups asked a federal court to resume a case that challenges Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to sensitive information at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). DOGE's access violated the Privacy Act, the plaintiffs said.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on Oct. 14 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin).
An appeals court should reject NetChoice's petition to rehear a case challenging the constitutionality of a state law that makes it illegal for internet-based services and applications to provide addictive feeds to those younger than 18, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Tuesday.