A broad group of industry associations asked the FCC to delay by 45 days the deadlines for filing comments on the ISP privacy rulemaking. After the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) had asked the agency to extend the comment deadlines 60 days (see 1604130054), industry observers said they didn’t think the FCC was inclined to provide more time (see 1604150075). The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also filed in support of an extension. Wireline Bureau Chief Matt Del Nero is to discuss the NPRM at an FCBA seminar Friday.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of April 11-17:
The United Steelworkers labor union filed a petition on April 18 with the International Trade Commission seeking Section 201 safeguard duties of up to 50 percent on imports of unwrought aluminum. The petition seeks four years of safeguard duties on primary unwrought aluminum smelted from alumina, with secondary unwrought aluminum made from melting down scrap exempt. Provisional safeguard duties could be imposed within 90 days (i.e., by mid-July).
The FCC is seeking comments but the majority that voted to approve an ISP privacy NPRM March 31 will impose rules that closely follow the proposal, Commissioner Mike O’Rielly predicted on a TechFreedom podcast. “The fix is in.” O’Rielly and Commissioner Ajit Pai voted against the NPRM (see 1603310049). Meanwhile, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) filed a letter asking the FCC to extend by 60 days the deadline for commenting. And a commission representative defended the proposal.
The FCC is seeking comments but the majority that voted to approve an ISP privacy NPRM March 31 will impose rules that closely follow the proposal, Commissioner Mike O’Rielly predicted on a TechFreedom podcast. “The fix is in.” O’Rielly and Commissioner Ajit Pai voted against the NPRM (see 1603310049). Meanwhile, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) filed a letter asking the FCC to extend by 60 days the deadline for commenting. And a commission representative defended the proposal.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of April 4-10:
Being able to file a single customs declaration for all imports or exports in a given period is one of the few currently discernible benefits that companies would enjoy after implementation of a bilateral trusted trader framework pitched by the European Union in a proposal released March 21 on customs provisions in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (here), industry executives said in interviews over the past week. In addition to the single customs declaration, the proposal lists low documentary and data requirements, low physical inspection rate, and deferred duty payments as required trusted trader benefits, as well as provisions on customs single windows, though it lacks specifics on an EU de minimis increase.
The Court of International Trade recently launched a pilot to test a “small claims” process for trade cases, it said (here). The pilot, which began April 1 and is set to run for 18 months, “has been designed to achieve many of the benefits of a traditional small claims docket, particularly speed, efficiency, and affordability,” said CIT. The small claims procedures limit the costly and often lengthy “discovery” process, during which the parties to a case exchange relevant documents, information and evidence. The results of the pilot will inform CIT’s decision on the maximum dollar amount at stake in a case for use of the small claims procedure, as well as the types of cases that are eligible.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 28 - April 3:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices for April 4 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):