Chinese Laser Parts Subject To Duties, Trade Court Says

By Jack McLoone

Imported components used by a U.S. laser manufacturer don't meet the standards for exclusion from duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday, backing a U.S. Department of Commerce determination.

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Huawei Used Joint Venture Talks For IP Heist, Jury Hears

By Stewart Bishop

Jurors in the corporate criminal trial of Huawei saw evidence Wednesday suggesting proprietary information for Quintel Tech. Ltd.'s technology for improving cell phone reception was used in a patent application by a Huawei engineer amid joint venture talks, as prosecutors continued to assert the Chinese telecommunications giant made trade secret theft one of its central business strategies.

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Keysight Can't Get Full Fed. Circ. To Review Centripetal Case

By Ryan Davis

The full Federal Circuit will not review a decision upholding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that Keysight Technologies Inc. failed to show that five claims in a Centripetal Networks LLC cybersecurity patent are invalid, rejecting Keysight's argument that the panel focused on "form over substance."

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Analysis

Newman's Roadblocks Guide Judicial Conduct Reform Bill

By Dani Kass

The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act has worked well in allowing the judicial branch to govern itself for nearly 50 years, but the ongoing suspension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman has exposed gaps that could be addressed with newly introduced legislation, attorneys say.

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Brief

Chinese Medicinal Chemical Exporter Faces Triple-Digit Duty

By Dylan Moroses

A pharmaceutical compound imported from China has been found to have been subsidized, and at least one exporter of the goods in question could face triple-digit retroactive countervailing duties, according to a notice issued Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Brief

Commerce Says Chinese Co.'s Small Engines Skirting Duties

By Jack McLoone

A pair of engines produced by a Chinese company and imported to the U.S. were developed in order to evade duty orders on small engines from the country, the U.S. Department of Commerce found Wednesday.

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Brief

Chinese Graphite Electrodes May See Retroactive Duties

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce identified a surge of imported Chinese large-diameter graphite electrodes in advance of duties being imposed on those goods and preliminarily determined that critical circumstances exist for the department to retroactively apply countervailing duties, according to a Wednesday notice. 

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Brief

Commerce Finalizes Duty Rates For Certain Freight Couplers

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday finalized its determinations that imported freight rail couplers from India and the Czech Republic are being sold at unfair prices.

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Brief

Commerce Lifts China, Bahrain Aluminum Can Stock Duties

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce has revoked countervailing and antidumping duties imposed on aluminum can stock imported from China and Bahrain, according to final results of a changed circumstances review published in a notice filed Wednesday.

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Nestle Asks Justices To Review 'Sustainable' Cocoa Classes

By Lauren Berg

Nestle asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a divided Ninth Circuit decision upholding class certification of millions of consumers who bought chocolate labeled "sustainably sourced" in a lawsuit claiming the chocolate is produced through child labor and deforestation.

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DOJ Eyes Per Se Rule In Fragrance Antitrust Suit

By Craig Clough

The U.S. Department of Justice told a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday that it plans to weigh in on fragrance-makers' bid to dismiss purchasers' price-fixing claims, saying the motion raises "significant questions" about a Third Circuit antitrust ruling that the court revised after the department challenged its wording.

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Sens. Await FTC Reply On Amazon, Walmart Shopping Bots

By Corey Rothauser

U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Rick Scott are waiting to receive a substantive response from the Federal Trade Commission to their request for an investigation into how Amazon and Walmart's AI shopping assistants handle "Made in the USA" products, Baldwin's office confirmed Wednesday.

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Opinion

Calif. Bill Goes Too Far In Trying To Regulate Attorney AI Use

California’s first-in-the-nation act regulating how attorneys and arbitrators use generative artificial intelligence will likely soon become law, but read broadly, the provisions may dissuade lawyers from employing AI at all, thereby depriving them of key work tools, says Joshua Wurtzel at Schlam Stone.

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Tarter Krinsky Data Breach May Have Affected Health Info

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP said in a letter this month that a data breach last year may have compromised protected health information the firm possessed due to its representation of an unnamed healthcare provider.

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'I'm Tired Of This': Judge Scolds Atty In Romantasy Suit

By Theresa Schliep

A New York federal judge has reprimanded counsel for a writer in a failed copyright infringement lawsuit over the "Crave" book series, insisting the plaintiff answer all questions in a deposition over attorney fees and writing that she was "tired of this" and "indeed being jerked around."

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Goldstein Not Leaving Prison Any Time Soon, 4th Circ. Rules

By Jeff Overley

The Fourth Circuit balked late Wednesday at freeing Tom Goldstein from prison as he fights felony convictions, and it rejected fast-track review of the renowned appellate advocate's trial, indicating he'll likely spend substantial time behind bars even if his appeal succeeds.

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Senate Confirms Abbott Aide To Texas Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-47, along party lines, on Wednesday to confirm Angela Colmenero, deputy chief of staff to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to serve on the Southern District of Texas.

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Fed. Panel At Standstill Over ABA Law School Accreditor Role

By Emma Cueto

A key U.S. Department of Education committee deadlocked Wednesday over whether the American Bar Association council responsible for approving law schools should continue as a federally recognized accreditor, tabling the issue until Thursday after different proposals failed to win majority support.

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