Just who is bankrolling the efforts by national advocacy groups (WID Sept. 11 p1) to generate hundreds of thousands of comments to the FCC in the net neutrality debate is murky. Phil Kerpen, president of free-market American Commitment, which said this week it’s countering the mobilization efforts of pro-Title II groups, declined to say where the organization gets its funding. Two of the pro-Title II groups that organized Wednesday’s Internet slowdown protest disclosed to us their major donors, but neither fully made its funders public. Two other protest organizers would not say how their efforts are being funded.
Just who is bankrolling the efforts by national advocacy groups (CD Sept 11 p10) to generate hundreds of thousands of comments to the FCC in the net neutrality debate is murky. Phil Kerpen, president of free-market American Commitment, which said this week it’s countering the mobilization efforts of pro-Title II groups, declined to say where the organization gets its funding. Two of the pro-Title II groups that organized Wednesday’s Internet slowdown protest disclosed to us their major donors, but neither fully made its funders public. Two other protest organizers wouldn’t say how their efforts are being funded.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 1-7:
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 8 dismissed an importer’s challenge to CBP’s liquidation of entries subject to antidumping duties. Carbon Activated, an importer of activated carbon, said the entries were improperly liquidated and should have still been subject to suspension of liquidation. It argued the deadline for filing suit ran from the date it found out about the errant liquidations four years later. But CIT, holding that as an importer Carbon Activated was required to keep tabs on the status of its entries, said the company should have seen the liquidation, filed a protest within 180 days, and challenged the denied protest. With the relevant deadlines long past, the court found it couldn’t hear the case.
Saying “meaningful competition for high-speed wired broadband is lacking,” even as the demand for “faster and better Internet” is growing, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said the agency would move to promote more broadband competition in places where it’s lacking and preserve it where it exists.
Saying “meaningful competition for high-speed wired broadband is lacking,” even as the demand for “faster and better Internet” is growing, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said the agency would move to promote more broadband competition in places where it’s lacking and preserve it where it exists.
Saying “meaningful competition for high-speed wired broadband is lacking,” even as the demand for “faster and better Internet” is growing, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said the agency would move to promote more broadband competition in places where it’s lacking and preserve it where it exists.
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 2 granted an importer’s request for referral to mediation of a misclassification penalty claim, despite objections from the government. Tenacious Holdings, formerly known as Ergodyne Corp., asked for “court-annexed mediation” to settle the case. The government opposed, arguing that Tenacious had only filed the request to avoid a deadline to provide certain documents in discovery. CIT decided that there is no downside to mediation in the case, and it may be the best way to resolve the dispute given the small dollar amount at issue.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 25-31:
CBP should provide more detail on the agency's reasoning behind planned updates to an informed compliance publication (ICP) describing first sale valuation, said the American Association of Exporters and Importers in comments to the agency. AAEI is among a number of commenters that are largely critical of the agency's planned revisions to the ICP (see 14080624 and 14081416). The draft ICP includes a controversial list of documents the agency might request from industry to verify the use of first sale pricing (see 14071025).