On December 8, Senate Finance Committee members Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the “Customs Modernization Act of 2023.” The act, which would amend the Tariff Act of 1930 “to strengthen the authorities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to enforce the customs and trade laws of the United States,” enhances CBP’s
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
The ITC Continues to Play a Critical Role in Combating International Trade Secret Theft
Confirming the Federal Circuit’s 2011 decision in TianRui, the International Trade Commission has statutory authority over the importation of goods into the US incorporating misappropriated trade secrets, even if the acts of misappropriation occurred wholly outside the US.
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USITC Establishes Pilot Program to Test Interim ALJ Initial Determinations on Key Issues in Sec. 337 Investigations
By John Brew & Frances P. Hadfield on
On May 12, 2021, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) established a pilot program allowing its Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) to issue interim initial determinations (IDs).Under the program, presiding ALJs may hold an evidentiary hearing and receive briefings on one or more discrete issues prior to the main evidentiary hearing in order to fully develop…
ITC Releases Report on “COVID-19 Related Goods: U.S. Imports and Tariffs”
On May 4, 2020, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) published a report on the imports and tariffs of COVID-19 related products. The ITC began a fact finding investigation on the importation of goods to combat COVID-19 following an April 7th letter sent by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means…