U.S. Customs and Border Protection's next phase for its system administering tariff refunds for duties struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court will deploy Oct. 6, according to a declaration filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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Next Tariff Refund Phase To Deploy Next Month, CBP Says

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's next phase for its system administering tariff refunds for duties struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court will deploy Oct. 6, according to a declaration filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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EU Lawmakers Back Carbon Tax For Finished Steel Goods

By Josh White

The European Parliament voted Tuesday to approve a proposal to extend the carbon border tax to more than 450 finished goods, tightening rules for high-carbon imports into the European Union.

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Feds Seek $61M In Crypto From Iranian Military Oil Sales

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. government filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking $61 million in cryptocurrency, the alleged proceeds of black market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products meant to finance the Iranian government and its military components.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

US Finalizes Duties Rates For 3 Asian Countries' Solar Cells

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday finalized steep duty rates for imports of certain solar cells from India, Laos and Indonesia after the department found they are being sold at less than fair value and with the benefit of government subsidies.

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Brief

Commerce Orders Duties On Chinese Feed Additive

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce ordered antidumping and countervailing duties on animal feed-grade additive from China on Tuesday after the product was found to be sold at unfair prices and to be harming domestic industry.

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Brief

EU Parliament Approves Armenian Tariff Relief

By Dylan Moroses

The European Parliament voted Tuesday to approve tariff reductions for a series of goods entering the bloc from Armenia, according to a news release.

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ENFORCEMENT

Nadine Menendez Deadline Relief Bid Deemed Moot

By Carla Baranauckas

A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied as moot Nadine Menendez's request for 90 more days to file a potential challenge to her prison sentence after prosecutors said she misunderstood the deadline and still had plenty of time to seek relief.

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Venezuelan Official Admits Stealing Food Aid Funds

By Carolina Bolado

A former Venezuelan government official and ally of deposed President Nicolás Maduro pled guilty Tuesday to a charge that he conspired to launder money from a public welfare program meant to provide food to poor Venezuelans.

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Brief

Frozen Interest Can't Be Moved As UK Updates Sanctions

By Tom Fish

A sanctioned person cannot move interest earned on a frozen bank account to a separate account, the government has clarified as it tightened the interpretation of rules governing restricted assets.

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LITIGATION

DC Circ. Queries Feds On Immigrant Truck Driver Restrictions

By Linda Chiem

D.C. Circuit judges on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Department of Transportation reasonably justified the safety rationale for new restrictions on commercial driver's licenses for foreign truckers or whether it disproportionately relied on individuals' immigration status to promulgate an "exclusionary" rule.

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Feds Fight Ex-Fla. Rep's Bid For Time Served In FARA Case

By Carolina Bolado

Federal prosecutors urged a Florida federal judge on Monday to reject ex-Florida Rep. David Rivera's request for a sentence of time served after he was found guilty of failing to register as a foreign agent after signing a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company.

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ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES

Trade Court Upholds Commerce's New Mexican Pipe Duty Test

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce reasonably revised its pricing analysis for Mexican exporters of certain pipes and tubes following a Federal Circuit ruling that outlawed the previously used price calculation methodology, according to an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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Trade Court Orders Better Explanation For Indian Glycine Rate

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce must give a better explanation for why it chose to hit an Indian exporter of glycine with an antidumping duty rate it reached using a different calculation method than expected, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled.

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ITC To Eye Part Of Judge's Decision In Medical Dilation Row

By Adam Lidgett

The full U.S. International Trade Commission is set to look at parts of an agency judge's ruling in favor of medical technology company Stryker Corp. in a fight against imports it said infringed its patents on balloon dilation products used in ear, nose and throat procedures.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How States' 'Perry Mason Moment' Led To $17B Meta Deal

By Dorothy Atkins

A recent landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. may have never happened if it weren't for a quick-thinking trial attorney and his close-knit team of lawyers representing 29 states, who worked together to swiftly shift strategies midtrial.

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Ashurst Perkins Aided $230M ICap Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims

By Ben Adlin

Ashurst Perkins Coie pocketed millions of dollars in legal fees by providing services to clients it knew were operating a Ponzi scheme that ultimately swindled investors out of nearly $230 million, plaintiffs claimed in a Washington state lawsuit accusing the firm of aiding and abetting fraud.

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Trump Taps Ex-DOL Official To Serve As EEOC Top Cop

By Anne Cullen

The White House nominated a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney who previously led the U.S. Department of Labor's contractor compliance arm to serve as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Washington Sen. Murray Vows To Block Trump US Atty Pick

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington is under fire from one of the home state senators who vowed to use every avenue possible to block him.

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Fla. Judge Won't Pause Trump-IRS Settlement Sanctions

By Jack McLoone

The Florida federal judge who barred President Donald Trump and others from citing a settlement resolving what she characterized as a sham $10 billion case against his own Internal Revenue Service won't pause her sanctions order while the president appeals to the Eleventh Circuit.

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4th Circ. Appears Split On Reviving Comey, James Indictments

By Jared Foretek

Partisan splits were apparent Tuesday on the Fourth Circuit panel hearing the Trump administration's challenge to a federal district judge's dismissal of the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, with two of the three judges appearing to agree an improper appointment doomed the cases.

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Brief

Calif. Judge Charged Over Fatal Crash With Bicyclist

By Craig Clough

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office charged Kings County Superior Court Judge Kendra Weber with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter, alleging she struck and killed a bicyclist.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

ArentFox Schiff

Ashurst Perkins

Baker Botts

Barnes Richardson

Brito PLLC

Carmichael Ellis

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Fox Rothschild

Jones Walker LLP

Kornfeld LLP

Lieff Cabraser

Lowell & Associates

McAndrews Held

Morgan Lewis

Norton Rose

Pachulski Stang

Pacifica Law Group

Rivero Mestre

Schertler Onorato

Susman Godfrey

Sweetnam Schuster

Thompson Hine

Tidrick Law Firm

Winton & Chapman

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Federation of Teachers

Apple Inc.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

Burke Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Deutsche Bank AG

Entellus Medical Inc.

Instagram Inc.

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Public Citizen Inc.

San Francisco Giants

Stryker Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Council of the EU

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

New York Attorney General's Office

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington