Despite pressure on Congress to address ISP privacy rules through the Congressional Review Act, new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is more likely to address the rules procedurally, by acting on a petition for reconsideration, industry officials said. A Capitol Hill source said a procedural fix would have the advantage of being relatively quiet and not provoke the same public backlash as a fight in Congress. Pai spent part of this week, his first in the new job, meeting with outside stakeholders from industry and elsewhere.
Despite pressure on Congress to address ISP privacy rules through the Congressional Review Act, new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is more likely to address the rules procedurally, by acting on a petition for reconsideration, industry officials said. A Capitol Hill source said a procedural fix would have the advantage of being relatively quiet and not provoke the same public backlash as a fight in Congress. Pai spent part of this week, his first in the new job, meeting with outside stakeholders from industry and elsewhere.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 16-22:
CBP clarified that the Fish and Wildlife Service suspended both its ACE import and export pilots as of Jan. 12 (here). CBP also reiterated that FWS would take a new interim approach to tariff flagging. "Those tariff codes currently flagged as 'FW2' associated with government agency processing code EDS will remain flagged as FW2 and require the FWS 'EDS' Message Set in all cases," CBP said. "All other tariff codes currently flagged as 'FW2' will shift to 'FW1' with the ability to file a newly created disclaimer code 'E' that is specific to FWS or the EDS. FWS is working with CBP to program the inclusion of the FWS Designated Port Exception Permit. The timeline for implementation is dependent upon revision of the FWS Implementation Guide and CBP programming." FWS recently announced it would bring back its the designated port permitting to allow for entries at port without FWS staff present (see 1612140064).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 9-15:
The U.S. on Jan. 12 requested World Trade Organization consultations over alleged Chinese subsidies to certain producers of primary aluminum, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said (here). The Obama administration’s action -- its 16th case filed against China at the WTO -- alleged that subsidies have artificially expanded Chinese aluminum capacity, production and market share, and have significantly lowered the global price for primary aluminum, causing “serious prejudice” under WTO rules to U.S. interests, USTR said. China appears to subsidize through “artificially cheap” bank loans and artificially low-priced inputs for aluminum production, such as coal, electricity and alumina, USTR said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 2-8:
Business groups, cybersecurity experts, free-market advocates and physicians came to the defense of LabMD CEO Michael Daugherty in his long-running fight against the FTC, which said that the medical-testing lab was liable for lax data security practices and exposing sensitive patient information (see 1610030016). In amicus briefs filed over the past two weeks in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, LabMD supporters argued the FTC exceeded its authority to regulate data security practices, doesn't provide companies with "fair notice" about security requirements and could stifle innovation.
Business groups, cybersecurity experts, free-market advocates and physicians came to the defense of LabMD CEO Michael Daugherty in his long-running fight against the FTC, which said that the medical-testing lab was liable for lax data security practices and exposing sensitive patient information (see 1610030016). In amicus briefs filed over the past two weeks in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, LabMD supporters argued the FTC exceeded its authority to regulate data security practices, doesn't provide companies with "fair notice" about security requirements and could stifle innovation.
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