The FCC Fri. referred Sprint Nextel, Alltel, U.S. Cellular and Nextel Partners to the Enforcement Bureau for what could be stiff financial penalties for the carriers’ failure to comply with an E-911 Phase II mandate that 95% of subscribers have location-capable handsets by Dec. 31, 2005. The Commission warned Verizon Wireless, Leap, Qwest Wireless and Centennial to get their systems into full compliance, but didn’t refer them to the Enforcement Bureau, at least for now. All of the orders were highly “fact specific” taking each individual company’s progress and problems into account.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have each issued a notice initiating an automatic five-year Sunset Review on the antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders for low enriched uranium from France.
The RIAA is flaunting its expert witness’s credentials as it fights a request to turn over the expert’s hard drive examination report in UMG v. Lindor, the defense said. It asked the U.S. Dist. Court, Brooklyn to bar new submissions by plaintiffs until the report is turned over. The report was completed months before RIAA, in another case, lost for the first time on a request for its own expert to analyze a defendant’s hard drive (WID Oct 30 p4). The trade group Tues. submitted a 26-page resume of Doug Jacobson -- dir. of Ia. State U.’s Information Assurance Center and RIAA’s go-to witness in multiple file-sharing cases -- to accompany Jacobson’s analysis of file-sharing activity that he traced to Marie Lindor’s son. RIAA is trying to compel Gustav Lindor to turn over his hard drive. The defense hasn’t yet taken a deposition of Jacobson. “As the court knows we have now been waiting more than four and a half months for Dr. Jacobson’s report, and the ability to depose him as to that report, his credentials, and any other expert witness materials,” Lindor defense lawyer Ray Beckerman said. He asked the court to strike any more materials from Jacobson, deny any motion based on his testimony, and issue “stern sanctions” against RIAA “for their sharp practice” in the case.
Among German priorities in assuming the EU Presidency Jan. 1 will be progress on revising the EU e-communications regulatory framework (NRF), its work program says. Telecom experts disputed whether Germany’s tense relations with the EC over controversial national legislation poised to grant Deutsche Telekom (DT) a regulatory break for its new fiber networks could stymie that progress.
Among German priorities in assuming the EU Presidency Jan. 1 will be progress on revising the EU e-communications regulatory framework (NRF), its work program says. Telecom experts disputed whether Germany’s tense relations with the EC over controversial national legislation poised to grant Deutsche Telekom (DT) a regulatory break for its new fiber networks could stymie that progress.
In Saab Cars USA, Inc. v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the Court of International Trade's (CIT's) decision to grant claims for duty allowances for port repair expenses and deny claims (except for one claim involving three vehicles) for duty allowances for warranty expenses.
Besieged P2P company Lime Wire fashioned a “sprawling, complex and meritless” antitrust case to fight an RIAA suit against the company (WID Sept 27 p4), RIAA said in a motion to dismiss. Lime Wire doesn’t even have antitrust standing, citing no actual or potential harm to itself from record labels’ alleged actions, and its “shared monopoly” theory is “nonexistent” in case law, RIAA said in a U.S. Dist. Court, N.Y., filing.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that due to inclement weather at the Port of Oklahoma City (5504), a snow day will be granted for all filers, filing entries in the area of Port of Oklahoma City for December 1, 2006. CBP is extending one additional day without penalty for the filing and payment of entry summaries due on that day. (Adm: 06-1206, dated 12/08/06, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2006/2006-1206.ADM.)
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has issued a letter to the defense export community in order to provide details of licensing procedures that will be in effect through January 2007.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message stating that the port of Chicago offered limited services on December 1, 2006 due to inclement weather. CBP states that it is granting all filers filing entry on December 1 a snow day. CBP adds that it is extending one additional day without penalty for the filing of payment of entry summaries due on that day. (CBP Adm: 06-1201, dated 12/04/06, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2006/2006-1201.ADM)