The U.S. Department of Commerce's 15-day preliminary deadline for indicating interest in a sunset review of duty orders is within the department's statutory authority, a Federal Circuit panel ruled, reversing a U.S. Court of International Trade ruling spiking the deadline.
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Fed. Circ. Reverses Ax Of Commerce Duty Review Deadline

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce's 15-day preliminary deadline for indicating interest in a sunset review of duty orders is within the department's statutory authority, a Federal Circuit panel ruled, reversing a U.S. Court of International Trade ruling spiking the deadline.

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Mexico Urges Justices To Take Up $47M Award Suit

By Caroline Simson

Mexico has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look at the D.C. Circuit's opinion refusing to vacate a $47 million arbitral award issued to a Canadian lender, saying the justices need to establish a uniform standard to determine when a tribunal exceeded its powers.

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Michel, Startups Back Injunction Bid In Samsung Patent Case

By Ryan Davis

Former Chief Federal Circuit Judge Paul Michel, patent law professors and a group of startup companies on Monday backed Collision Communications Inc.'s bid for a permanent injunction on Samsung products found to infringe its patents, saying courts have misread U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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China Places Antidumping Duties On US, Mexican Pecans

By Dylan Moroses

China will place preliminary antidumping duties on imported pecans from the U.S. and Mexico after concluding those goods are harming its domestic industry, the government said Monday.

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EU Sets Antidumping Duties On Plastic Compound Imports

By Dylan Moroses

A chemical compound used in plastic production has been found to have been sold at less than fair value in the European Union, and imports from South Korea and Mexico will face antidumping duties, the European Commission announced Monday.

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LITIGATION

Judge Blocks DOD Military Label For Chinese Biotech Co.

By Tom Lotshaw

A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Defense from enforcing a decision to designate WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd. as a Chinese military company, ruling the department's justifications appeared to lack a grounding in the evidence they cited.

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Okla. Co. Says Rig Seizure Claims Don't Need Redo

By Caroline Simson

An Oklahoma-based oil drilling company urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb a D.C. Circuit ruling ordering Venezuela's state-owned oil company to face long-pending expropriation allegations, saying an underlying circuit split is too narrow to warrant the high court's attention.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Handling Section 301 Tariffs When CBP Detains Goods

Importers subject to Section 301 tariffs on goods under a U.S. Customs and Border Protection forced labor hold should consider three approaches when deciding whether to pay tariffs on goods that may ultimately be excluded, or wait and watch port demurrage compound daily, says James Ferry at Ferry Trade.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Trump Picks Ex-Personal Lawyer As New White House Counsel

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's incoming White House counsel is a former personal attorney for the president who is already working for the White House and was at the U.S. Department of Justice during his first term.

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Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting PE Role In Legal Industry

By Emma Cueto

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law a bill designed to target nonlawyer ownership of law firms, outlawing fee sharing with out-of-state alternative business structures and attempting to place restrictions on law firms' use of managed services organizations.

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Spa Fights 9th Circ.'s 'Swinging Dicks' Order At High Court

By Jeff Overley

The Ninth Circuit's rejection of a spa's religious objections to serving transgender customers is incompatible with several major precedents, according to a U.S. Supreme Court petition filed Monday in litigation that soared in prominence when dozens of circuit judges decried a salacious dissent.

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CREXi Can't Stay CoStar Case For Quinn Emanuel DQ Appeal

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court rejected a bid Monday from Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., or CREXi, for a stay in CoStar's copyright case while CREXi looks to undo the disqualification of its attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.

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Biz Owners Appeal Morgan Lewis Win In Tax Shelter Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A pair of business owners asked the Florida Supreme Court to reverse a decision affirming judgment in favor of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in a dispute over whether the law firm had routed income through illegal tax shelters.

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