The Court of International Trade on Nov. 28 blocked imports of certain fish taken from New Zealand's West Coast North Island multispecies set-net and trawl fisheries. In an opinion that cited renowned conservationist Rachel Carson, Judge Gary Katzmann found plaintiffs are likely to succeed in arguing two claims in the case seeking a Marine Mammal Protection Act ban on imports of fish and fishery products from New Zealand and caught using techniques that have caused the near extinction of the Maui dolphin, warranting the injunction. The injunction covers snapper, tarakihi, spotted dogfish, trevally, warehou, hoki, barracouta, mullet and gurnard from the New Zealand set-net and trawl fisheries.

Nexstar must turn over documents related to its local marketing agreement with Mission Broadcasting to operate WPIX New York, said an order Saturday in the broadcaster’s breach of contract case against Comcast in docket 1:21-cv-06860 in the U.S. District Court for Eastern New York. Nexstar had disputed Magistrate Judge Stewart Aaron’s order that its relationship to Mission and WPIX was relevant to the case (see 2211010063). “Given Magistrate Judges’ broad discretion” in handling discovery disputes “plainly there was no abuse of discretion,” wrote District Judge John Koeltl.

CBP in a Nov. 21 remand submission to the Court of International Trade continued to find that MSeafood Corporation did not evade antidumping duties by transshipping Indian shrimp through Vietnam. The agency said it believes it complied with the trade court's remand order by having CBP's Trade Remedy & Law Enforcement Directorate transmit all documents that were "inadvertently omitted" from the record to the agency's Office of Regulations and Rulings, and placing a revised public version of business confidential information (BC) on the record (Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Enforcement Committee v. United States, CIT #21-00129).

The FTC should take a light-touch regulatory approach to protecting children from social media advertising harms, NCTA commented Friday in support of industry self-regulation for kids influencers and child-directed ad endorsement.

Plaintiffs in a conflict-of-interest suit asked the Court of International Trade for an injunction barring attorney Daniel Pickard and his firm Buchanan Ingersoll from participating in a set of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations before the International Trade Commission. Filing a motion for injunction pending appeal after the trade court dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds, the plaintiffs, led by Amsted Rail Co., argued that they're likely to succeed on appeal since, at the very least, they raised serious legal questions, warranting a stay order from the court. The plaintiffs also claimed that the court erred by illegally shifting the burden to the plaintiffs to identify specific times ARC shared confidential information with Pickard and Buchanan (Amsted Rail Co. v. United States, CIT # 22-00307).

Ericsson asked the FCC to act on its request for a waiver allowing the company to offer a multiband radio across the 3.45 GHz and C bands, both auctioned by the FCC for 5G. The FAA raised concerns (see 2209200030), but the proposal got general support from industry (see 2208240045). “Six industry commenters, including both Ericsson customers and equipment manufacturer competitors, all supported granting the requested waiver,” said a filing Friday in docket 22-298. Ericsson also addressed FAA concerns about interference to radio altimeters: “Ericsson confirms that the multiband radio … will meet the spurious emission performance Ericsson has demonstrated for 3.7 GHz Service devices with respect to emissions into the 4.2-4.4 GHz band.”

Ericsson asked the FCC to act on its request for a waiver allowing the company to offer a multiband radio across the 3.45 GHz and C bands, both auctioned by the FCC for 5G. The FAA raised concerns (see 2209200030), but the proposal got general support from industry (see 2208240045). “Six industry commenters, including both Ericsson customers and equipment manufacturer competitors, all supported granting the requested waiver,” said a filing Friday in docket 22-298. Ericsson also addressed FAA concerns about interference to radio altimeters: “Ericsson confirms that the multiband radio … will meet the spurious emission performance Ericsson has demonstrated for 3.7 GHz Service devices with respect to emissions into the 4.2-4.4 GHz band.”

FCC nominee Gigi Sohn’s Senate supporters face what’s likely to be an even more compressed timeline to confirm her during the busy lame-duck session because the chamber will probably need to delay any push until after the Dec. 6 Georgia runoff election between Commerce Committee Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, said panel Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and others in interviews. Cantwell and other Sohn supporters believe the nominee’s confirmation prospects improved significantly because Democrats at least cemented a 50-50 tie in the chamber following the midterm election, but opponents continue to insist confirmation isn't a certainty. Some Sohn supporters also acknowledge continued Democratic Senate control means there’s no longer the same urgency to press for approving her this year (see 2209130065).

FCC commissioners approved rules to improve the delivery of outage information to public safety answering points 4-0 Thursday, largely as circulated by Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. Last week, APCO, CTIA, wireless carriers, ATIS and others sought a few changes to the draft order (see 2211140072). The order was approved before commissioners held a virtual field hearing on other potential changes that could be made to disaster-related rules (see 2211170079).

The U.K. this week ordered a subsidiary of China’s Wingtech Technology to divest from Britain's largest microchip facility, Nexperia Newport (formerly Newport Wafer Lab), several months after U.S. lawmakers urged the Biden administration to intervene in the acquisition. The U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s decision will force Wingtech’s subsidiary, Netherlands-based Nexperia, to sell at least 86% of its stake in Nexperia Newport “within a specified period and by following a specified process.” Nexperia acquired the stake in then Newport Wafer Lab in 2021.