The Federal Maritime Commission has issued its fiscal year 2007 Performance and Accountability Report, which provides details of FMC's ongoing efforts and successes in the regulation of the shipping industry.
Federal law’s minimum $750 penalty per infringed work is constitutionally sound, the Justice Department said in a brief filed with the only court to finish a P2P trial.
The International Trade Commission has issued an updated version of its "Antidumping and Coutervailing Duty Handbook." This version, which is dated April 2007, is the twelfth edition of the handbook.
Federal law’s minimum $750 penalty per infringed work is constitutionally sound, the Justice Department said in a brief filed with the only court to finish a P2P trial. P2P defendant Jammie Thomas, ordered to pay $222,000 to the major labels for infringement (WID Oct 5 p2), had filed a challenge to the ruling in the U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn., on grounds that the DMCA’s infringement statute violates the Due Process Clause by requiring that high a penalty for so little harm. Justice has said in previous P2P lawsuits it was just waiting for a fully briefed case to weigh in on the statute (WID Aug 1 p7).
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping duty orders.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has issued a notice requesting public comment on the due diligence requirement under the Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) commercial availability procedures.
The Court of International Trade remanded Sherri N. Boynton v. U.S. to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to review and determine an appropriate penalty based on the Court's findings as to the charges against Boynton that it had determined to be violations of Customs rules and regulations.
Lexar Media is “much stronger today” than it was before Micron Technology bought the company last year (CED March 9/06 p4), Vice President of Digital Media Mark Adams told Consumer Electronics Daily. Micron “spent the last year trying to right” Lexar’s business, he said. The significant changes it made as it integrated Lexar into Micron are starting to bear fruit, he said.
In Samuel Aaron, Inc. v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Court of International Trade's decision that it lacked jurisdiction in this case, as Aaron's protest was not filed within 90 days of re-liquidation.
In Heartland By-Products, Inc., v. U.S., the Court of International Trade has ruled on remand that entries covering imported sugar syrup from Canada must be liquidated at the non-tariff rate quota duty rate specified in an advance ruling issued by U.S. Customs as required by the judgment initially issued by the CIT in Heartland I.