DC Circuit Declines to Coordinate Hesai, DJI Appeals of Chinese Military Company Designations
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to coordinate the appeals of Chinese drone maker SZ DJI Technology and Chinese lidar company Hesai Technology contesting their designations as Chinese military companies. Judges Neomi Rao, Justin Walker and J. Michelle Childs denied the motion to coordinate the appeals for purposes of oral argument (SZ DJI Technology v. U.S. Department of Defense, D.D.C. # 24-02970) (Hesai Technology v. U.S. Dep't of Defense, D.C. Cir. # 25-5256).
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Hesai filed its opening brief in its appeal last week, contesting the Pentagon's "absurdly broad reading of" Section 12360H and the district court's "capacious view" of DOD's listing authority and Hesai's prejudice (see 2512100049). Meanwhile, DJI has appealed the district court ruling sustaining DOD's designation of the company as a Chinese military company, though it hasn't filed its opening brief yet (see 2510150053).