Justice Breyer wrote for a unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday
in
AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade
Commission, holding that § 13(b) of the Federal Trade
Commission Act (FTCA) does not allow the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) to recover “equitable monetary relief such as
restitution or disgorgement.” This ruling puts an end to the
FTC s ability to seek such relief against direct sellers in
court under § 13(b). Rather, the FTC must initiate lengthy and
burdensome administrative proceedings under the FTCA, which forces
the FTC to deal with numerous disadvantages, including a 3-year
statute of limitations and a higher standard of proof requiring
Introduction
On April 21, 2021, domestic producers filed petitions with the
U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), seeking antidumping (AD) duties on imports of
natural honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, Ukraine and Vietnam.
Petitioners include American Honey Producers Association and the
Sioux Honey Association.
Under U.S. law, a domestic industry can petition the government
to initiate an AD investigation into the pricing of an imported
product to determine whether it is sold in the United States at
less than fair value (i.e., dumped ). Additional duties
can be imposed if the DOC determines that imported goods are
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On March 29, 2021, United States Customs and Border Protection
( CBP ) announced that it will begin seizing disposable
rubber gloves made in Malaysia by the world s largest glove
producer, Top Glove Corporation Bhd., following a months-long investigation. CBP found that Top
Glove had used labor from inmates, or forced or indentured labor,
in the manufacture of its disposable rubber glove products. CBP announced that it will not tolerate
foreign companies exploitation of vulnerable workers to sell
cheap, unethically-made goods to American consumers. This
finding, issued pursuant to 19 C.F.R. § 12.42, expands upon a
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The United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA )
is now seeking comments from the public in connection
with the Biden administration s wide-ranging review of
America s supply chains. USDA s request is the first
to address the administration s year-long sectoral supply chain
evaluations - in this case agricultural commodities and food
products.
USDA s notice requests comments and information on a
wide-range of issues relating to labor acquisition and training,
technology, climate and environment, transportation, storage and
distribution, research and development, and financing.
The notice specifically calls out the following goods and
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An Oklahoma-based steel designer and manufacturer settled potential civil liability with OFAC
for alleged violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations
( ITSR ).
According to OFAC, the company s Vice President of
Engineering impermissibly imported services from an Iranian
engineering company owned by the vice president s brother when
demand exceeded the company s internal resources. OFAC alleged
that several members of the company s senior management were
aware that the transactions were taking place, and that the company
to which the service work was being outsourced was Iranian.