In a win for trade association NetChoice, on Thursday the U.S. District Court for Northern California granted a preliminary injunction against California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), which aims to protect the privacy and safety of children online. The injunction enjoins California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and his office from enforcing the act. Judge Beth Labson Freeman said the definition of coverage in CAADCA was content-based and violated the First Amendment.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices March 14 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) from China (A-570-200). The AD investigation covers entries July 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China (C-570-171). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Feb. 26, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CV duties on future entries only if it issues a CV duty order.
President Donald Trump's memo regarding the enforcement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 65(c) likely won't affect trade litigation given that the Court of International Trade doesn't follow the FRCP and the existence of customs bonds, attorneys told Trade Law Daily.
The U.S. District Court for Northern California on Thursday granted NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction against California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) aimed at protecting the privacy and safety of children online. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and his office are enjoined from enforcing the act.
The University of California Student Association on Wednesday filed a reply further supporting their request for expedited discovery in a case about the Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive information, after Acting U.S. Department of Education Secretary Denise Carter asked a federal court on Monday to deny their March 4 motion (see 2503110039).
The Commerce Department has released its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China (A-570-170). Cash deposit rates in this final determination are unchanged from the preliminary determination and remain in effect.
The Bureau of Industry and Security released a "preliminary" agenda for its update conference scheduled for next week. The agenda includes two plenary sessions, a panel on export enforcement, and breakout sessions covering various topics, including semiconductor export controls, "emerging technology and foreign technology analysis," end-use/end-user controls, AUKUS, export enforcement best practices, the Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services, a regulatory review, space controls, and the Defense Production Act. The agenda also includes a list of speakers, which includes senior officials from BIS, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the State Department and the Pentagon as well as government officials from Japan, South Korea and the EU. BIS said the agenda is subject to change.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 11, 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.