The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain adjustable-height beds and components thereof.
Project Vote and former Development Director Karyn Gillette violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 by soliciting individuals whose names appeared on a political committee disclosure report obtained from the Federal Election Committee’s website, the commission said Monday. In the fall or winter of 2007, Gillette downloaded the names and addresses of people who contributed to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, the FEC said. She included about 7,853 names and addresses in a Project Vote direct-mail solicitation that raised $4,415 in donations. Gillette said she was unaware of the prohibition against using FEC data for solicitation purposes and reported it to Project Vote when she learned it was illegal, the commission said. Project Vote, which disclosed the violation, agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2,200 to settle the case, the FEC said. The group also must give the $4,415 to the Treasury.
CTIA asked the FCC to drop a proposal that spectrum licensees make a detailed renewal showing, a new requirement that the group said would be “unnecessary, vague, and burdensome” and subject to legal challenge. The objections came in response to a May 20 notice of proposed rulemaking examining how the license renewal process can be more consistent. CTIA, the Rural Cellular Association and major carriers also filed a petition for reconsideration raising legal issues about an accompanying order.
Reversing prior limitations on the ability of food producers to challenge rulings of the Agricultural Marketing Service, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (CADC) has allowed California almond producers to proceed with a challenge to an AMS rule on bacteria reduction requirements that largely ended the marketing of domestically produced raw almonds.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s broad legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act, H.R. 5820 - the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010, would impose extensive new requirements on manufacturers and processors of chemical substances and mixtures distributed in commerce, which would affect importers and exporters.
The California Energy Commission scrambled late Monday to post on its website the “final statement of reasons” for the TV energy efficiency regulations it adopted in November, after recently sending the regulations to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for approval. CE executives said the commission could be in violation of the state Administrative Procedure Act by not making public the final statement of reasons as it sent the regulations for OAL approval.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to define “common cultivar” and “common food crop”, which are among the categorical exemptions1 to requirements of the Lacey Act, as amended (Act).
The Commerce Department has determined to maintain the current interpretation of the wholly formed requirement of qualifying woven fabric under the “2 for 1” Earned Income Allowance Program (EIAP) for certain apparel from the Dominican Republic.
Career FCC staffers are giving renewed attention to a long-dormant program-carriage case that the Media Bureau decided in the channel’s favor and proposed that the full commission uphold, agency officials said. Bureau officials appear to be revisiting an order on Mid-Atlantic Sports Network v. Time Warner Cable that went on circulation the last business day Kevin Martin was FCC chairman, an agency official said. Representatives of MASN and Time Warner Cable likely will come to the commission to meet with staffers and perhaps FCC members in the coming weeks to discuss the case, agency officials said.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to define “common cultivar” and “common food crop”, which are among the categorical exemptions to the Lacey Act Amendments requirements.