The Commerce Department unreasonably applied adverse facts and unlawfully requested audited financial statements or unaudited statements with notes from Hangzhou Evernew Machinery & Equipment Company, the metal locker exporter argued in its memorandum of law filed with the Court of International Trade on Feb. 5 (Hangzhou Evernew Machinery & Equipment Company v. United States, CIT # 25-00151).
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The U.S. dropped its appeal of the Court of International Trade's decision vacating the Commerce Department's duty "pause" on collection of antidumping duties and countervailing duties on solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal on Feb. 5 upon the government's request, though the issue continues to be litigated in a separate appeal led by the American Clean Power Association (Auxin Solar v. United States, Fed. Cir. #s 25-2120, 26-1072).
The U.S. is "clearly attempting to deny" importer G&H Diversified Manufacturing "access to facts that would support its claims" in opposing the company's motion for a legal ruling on the propriety of seeking testimony from both CBP and the Bureau of Industry and Security in a case seeking an exclusion from Section 232 tariffs, G&H argued Feb. 2 (G&H Diversified Manufacturing v. United States, CIT # 22-00130).
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DOJ Trial Attorney Leaves Agency, Heads to Best Best & Krieger
Civil litigation attorney Daniel Bertoni has left DOJ, according to a notice filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Bertoni served as a trial attorney at DOJ from 2022 to 2025 and left the agency to join Best Best & Krieger as an associate in Los Angeles.
2 Attorneys Join LMD Trade Law
Two attorneys have joined international trade boutique firm LMD Trade Law, it announced this week. Haley Kim, former associate at LimNexus, becomes counsel, and Lal Bilgili, a recent graduate of USC Gould School of Law, becomes an associate. LMD Trade Law said Kim will boost the firm's "capabilities across economic sanctions, export controls, customs, [Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.], data privacy and security, and international trade compliance."
Former White & Case Trade Lawyer Joins Steptoe
Ron Kendler, former international trade lawyer at White & Case, has joined Steptoe as a partner in the international trade and regulatory compliance practice. Kendler joined White & Case in 2013 as an international trade associate and was elevated to counsel in 2024 (see 2601200020).
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