A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit repeatedly pressed International Dark-Sky Association (ISDA) about its standing during oral argument Monday in the group's legal challenge to the FCC's approval of SpaceX's second-generation satellite constellation (see 2301030014).
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit repeatedly pressed International Dark-Sky Association (ISDA) about its standing during oral argument Monday in the group's legal challenge to the FCC's approval of SpaceX's second-generation satellite constellation (see 2301030014).
New guidance from the Biden administration this week warned shippers, forwarders, brokers, ship owners and others involved in maritime and other transportation industries to better know their cargo, saying they each have a “responsibility” to craft their own “rigorous” compliance programs. The 10-page sanctions advisory specifically calls out freight forwarders, saying they play a “key role” in compliant supply chains.
The Commerce Department illegally used just one respondent in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel flanges from India covering entries in 2018-19, the Court of International Trade ruled Dec. 8. Judge Timothy Stanceu said that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decision in YC Rubber Co. v. U.S. "is directly on point" in this case, because Commerce only reviewed exporter Chandan Steel Limited in a situation where multiple other companies exported the subject merchandise.
The FCC will likely rework part of its robotexting order, set for a commissioners vote Wednesday, industry lawyers said. Objections were raised on several fronts. One area that could see change is a provision clamping down on the lead generator loophole. The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy elevated the issue when it asked the FCC to seek further comment (see 2312040028), lawyers said.
Law Enforcement for a Safer America raises money to support legislation to protect law enforcement professionals across the U.S. by calling thousands of phones using an artificial or prerecorded voice message, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, alleged plaintiff Robert Ngo’s class action Wednesday (docket 4:23-cv-06316) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland. The political action committee does so without first having requested or obtained consent to make those calls, in violation of the TCPA, said Ngo’s complaint. The Hayward, California, resident estimates he received nearly two dozen solicitation calls from the PAC in the month of October, including eight calls on a single day, Oct. 4, said the complaint. The calls violated Ngo’s statutory rights and caused “actual and statutory damages,” including annoyance, intrusion on privacy and seclusion and wasted cellphone battery life, it said.
The Bureau of Industry and Security needs to overhaul its export control policies to stem the flow of U.S. national security technology that is fueling China’s military modernization, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said in a report marking the end of a 90-day review of the agency (see 2210030068).
Judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during Dec. 7 oral arguments sharply questioned importer Rimco's arguments that it didn't need to raise an Eighth Amendment challenge to its adverse facts available rate administratively at the Commerce Department before challenging it in court (Rimco v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 22-2079).
Bicameral draft language released Thursday for Congress’ $900 billion defense bill includes a four-month extension of the FBI’s controversial foreign intelligence surveillance authority (see 2312060048).
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports T-Mobile’s Nov. 28 motion to certify the court’s Nov. 2 denial of T-Mobile’s motion to dismiss the T-Mobile/Sprint antitrust class action for interlocutory appeal to the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (see 2311290042), said the Chamber’s amicus brief Wednesday (docket 1:22-cv-03189) in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago.