The Department of Justice reports that Jorge Granados, former CEO of Latin Node Inc. (LatiNode), pleaded guilty to conspiring to pay bribes to government officials in Honduras in violation of the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
The Bureau of Industry and Security reports that Davoud Baniameri, an Iranian national residing in California, has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the illegal export of missile components and radio test sets from the U.S. to Iran via the United Arab Emirates.
The Court of International Trade issued a second remand covering the antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel bar from India for the February 2005 --January 2006 period, ordering the International Trade Administration to conduct individual examinations of at least two additional respondents, and to recalculate dumping margins for any and all remaining unexamined respondents (the ITA had initially reviewed only two out of eight prospective respondents). The court also ordered the ITA to complete its additional calculations in 300 days, rather than the 365 days the ITA requested, and denied motions by three respondents to withdraw their requests for review. (See ITT’s Online Archives or 12/09/09 news, 09120955, for BP summary of the prior CIT remand decision.) (Slip Op. 11-61, dated 05/26/11)
The Justice Department has announced that EVA Airways Corporation has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $13.2 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air cargo industry.
The Court of International Trade has ruled in Shah Brothers, Inc., v. U.S., that a 2009 amendment to 19 USC 1514 regarding U.S. Customs and Border Protection's tax collection authority over tobacco products, imported gutkha in this case, does not alter CBP's responsibility as the final agency decision-maker, and as a result, jurisdiction is not available under 28 USC 1581(i).
The Justice Department has announced that on May 26, 2011, Chun-Yu Zhao of Virginia and Donald Cone of Maryland, were convicted for their roles in a scheme to import and sell counterfeit Cisco-branded computer networking equipment.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied requests by the government, the International Trade Commission, and a domestic manufacturer to rehear a recent challenge to the ITC's determination that German light-weight thermal paper (LWTP) imports threatened the U.S. industry with injury. Overruling ITC and the Court of International Trade, CAFC issued a remand instructing ITC to examine prices and dumping margins of subcategories within a class or kind of subject merchandise.
The Court of International Trade has ruled in U.S. v. American Home Assurance Co. (AHAC), that U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s suspension of liquidation is not invalid if it fails to notify the surety of the suspension.
The Justice Department has announced that on May 17, 2011, Jacques Duplessis was charged with an indictment for allegedly engaging in a scheme to sell approximately 6,000 boxes of counterfeit LifeScan One Touch diabetic test strips purchased from suppliers in China and England. He allegedly sold the counterfeit strips to wholesale customers in the U.S. and Canada, who, in turn, sold those them to purchasers in pharmacies and other stores throughout the U.S. He is also charged with mail fraud and entry of goods into the U.S. through a false statement on a customs form.
Korean producer Hyosung Corporation did not respond by the deadline to a quantity and value questionnaire from the International Trade Administration in the initial stages of the February 2008 - January 2009 antidumping duty administrative review of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel (CTL) plate from Korea, then gave an incomplete response by fax only. The Court of International Trade dismissed Hyosung’s challenge to the 32.70% rate the ITA assigned it, ruling that the ITA was correct to reject the untimely and incomplete questionnaire, and finding that the adverse rate was supported by sufficient evidence. (Slip Op. 11-34, dated 03/31/11, posted 05/17/11)