The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) duty and countervailing (CV) duty orders.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a proposed rule that would add a new 12.155 (Entry or admission of Mexican cement products) to 19 CFR in order to set forth special requirements for the entry of certain cement products from Mexico requiring import and export licenses.
A new interactive financial disclosure system that will improve data available to investors and cut firms’ disclosure and reporting costs is “rolling ahead, lickety-split,” SEC Chmn. Christopher Cox told an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) conference Tues. In recent months, 20 companies have joined the regulatory agency’s pilot program and more will sign on soon, he predicted.
News is news, a Cal. appeals court ruled, backing online journalists under fire from Apple for publishing what the firm called trade secrets regarding “Asteroid,” the code name Apple gave a sound-recording device in development. The 69- page Cal. Appeals Court decision scotched every argument Apple made for subpoenaing the website publishers and one defendant’s e-mail service provider, citing both federal and state law.
News is news, a Cal. appeals court ruled, backing online journalists under fire from Apple for publishing what the firm called trade secrets regarding “Asteroid,” the code name Apple gave a sound-recording device in development. The 69- page Cal. Appeals Court decision scotched every argument Apple made for subpoenaing the website publishers and one defendant’s e-mail service provider, citing both federal and state law.
The MPAA hired a hacker to steal data from a firm it had accused of aiding copyright violators, according to a suit filed Wed. Valence Media, parent of Torrentspy.com, said in its suit that the company was approached by a man claiming an MPAA executive paid him to retrieve private data on the firm. The suit, filed in U.S. Dist. Court, Central District of Cal., doesn’t name the executive, but said the man was asked to find private information on Torrentspy.com, a Bit Torrent indexing site. “We find it very ironic that the MPAA, an organization that is supposed to fight piracy, is involved in piracy in trying to contain alleged unauthorized users,” said Ira Rothken, Torrentspy’s attorney. The MPAA allegedly paid the man $15,000 to steal e-mails and trade secrets, Torrentspy’s complaint said. The man admitted his role and is cooperating with Torrentspy, it said. The suit said the man stole data on Torrentspy income and expenses, Torrentspy employees’ private e-mails, information on its servers and billing information. “[Torrentspy] facilitates piracy,” a spokeswoman for the MPAA said: “They know the law is not on their side and they are responding with a baseless claim.” In February, MPAA sued Torrentspy and other search engines, alleging they aid in the flow of unauthorized content over the Internet. The movie industry claims Torrentspy’s main function was to facilitate copyright infringement (WID March 29 p10). Torrentspy has said the 2 cases are unrelated. “It will be interesting to see if the MPAA wants to hide behind general denial or wants to admit they paid someone,” Rothken said: “If they are not going to answer that question it would be quite telling.” Torrentspy has asked for unspecified damages and a jury title.
Defendants in a major govt. e-surveillance case this week filed a series of responses to a Mon. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) brief in U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco. AT&T and the govt. both argued that material EFF seeks in discovery threatens to trade and security-related secrets. The govt.’s brief argued “the United States has not lightly invoked the state secrets privilege, and the weighty reasons for asserting the privilege are apparent from the classified material submitted in support of its assertion.” EFF staff attorney Kevin Bankston, whose brief earlier in the week argued for more specificity in the govt.’s state secrets claim, said several of the arguments on all sides are likely to expand. “The government is arguing that even if our allegations are true… regardless of Congress’ laws they can do that and no court can ever examine the legality of it,” he said.
Defendants in a major govt. wiretap case this week filed a series of responses to a Mon. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) brief in U.S. Dist. Court, Northern Cal. AT&T and the govt. both argued that material EFF seeks in discovery threatens trade and security-related secrets. The govt.’s brief argued “the United States has not lightly invoked the state secrets privilege, and the weighty reasons for asserting the privilege are apparent from the classified material submitted in support of its assertion.” EFF staff attorney Kevin Bankston, whose brief earlier in the week argued for more specificity in the govt.’s state secrets claim, said several of the arguments on all sides are likely to expand. “The government is arguing that even if our allegations are true… regardless of Congress’ laws they can do that and no court can ever examine the legality of it,” he said.
Beset by mounting losses, Infinium Labs needs “immediate additional capital to continue development” of its Phantom Lapboard wireless keyboard/mouse PC gaming device and for its general operations, the firm said in a 10-QSB filing at the SEC.
The judge in the electronic eavesdropping class action case against AT&T denied the company’s request to close the courtroom for Wed.’s hearing. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed the class action against AT&T for allegedly turning over customer telephone and Internet information to NSA. Wed.’s discussions featured evidence from a retired AT&T telecom technician and several internal documents that purportedly support EFF’s position.