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CIT Judge Baker Requires Disclosure When AI Used in Preparing Briefs
August 6, 2025 by Jacob Kopnick|Courts

Court of International Trade Judge M. Miller Baker is requiring that any filings before him after Aug. 4 that use generative AI must include a "certification" disclosing that AI was used. Any submission in a case before Baker prepared with the assistance of an AI program "based on natural language prompts -- such as, but not limited to, ChatGPT or Google Bard -- must include a statement" that identifies the program used and the specific part of the text prepared with AI. Counsel also must submit a certification that no confidential information has been disclosed to the AI program. Baker is the second CIT judge to require such disclosure after former Judge Stephen Vaden implemented a similar disclosure requirement when he was on the bench.

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Country of origin cases
CAFC Committee Recommends Renewing 1-Year Suspension of Judge Newman
July 30, 2025 by Jacob Kopnick|Courts

A special committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that Judge Pauline Newman's "continued refusal to cooperate with the Committee’s investigation" of her fitness to continue serving on the bench "constitutes continuing misconduct." Responding to the judge's motion for reconsideration and the committee's order to show cause regarding whether the CAFC Judicial Council should renew its one-year suspension of Newman from hearing cases, the committee recommended July 28 that the council extend the suspension for another year. The 98-year-old Newman had asked the council to reconsider her suspension.

Topics:Court of Federal Appeals Trade activity
US, Importer Settle Customs Suit on Robot Mechanical, Control Units
July 28, 2025 by Jacob Kopnick|Courts

Importer Fanuc Robotics America and the U.S. settled a customs case on the importer's robot mechanical units and robot control units. While the robot mechanical units were classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 8479.5.000, dutiable at 2.5%, and the robot control units were classified under subheading 8537.10.90, dutiable at 2.7%, CBP agreed to liquidate the products under subheading 8428.90.00, free of duty; subheading 8515.21.00, free of duty; and 8515.310.00, dutiable at 1.6%. Settlement negotiations in the case proceeded over the past year specifically on two models of robot control units (see 2408260050) (Fanuc Robotics America v. U.S., CIT # 12-00052).

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Tariff classification rulings, Harmonized Tariff Schedule
CAFC Says First-Come, First-Served Seating for Argument in IEEPA Tariff Suit
July 16, 2025 by Jacob Kopnick|Courts

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a notice regarding its oral argument in the lead International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff case, which is set to take place on July 31 at 10 a.m. EDT. The court said the argument will be live streamed on the court's YouTube channel and that public seating for the hearing will be available on a "first-come, first-served basis" for all members of the public and press. The court's gates will open at 8 a.m.; the courtroom doors will open at 8:30 a.m.; admittance will stop at 8:45 a.m. or after all tickets are issued, whichever is earlier; and courtroom doors will close at 10 a.m.

Topics:Court of Federal Appeals Trade activity
Akin Partner Tapped to Serve as Co-Chair of CAFC Bar Association Trade Committee
July 11, 2025 |Courts

Akin partner Devin Sikes has been appointed by the Federal Circuit Bar Association to serve as co-chair of the group's international trade committee, Akin announced. Sikes will serve a three-year term that runs through June 30, 2028. The committee, which surveys U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Crcuit and Court of International Trade decisions and "makes recommendations" to the association's board on issues to be addressed, is now led by Sikes, Hogan Lovells partner Jonathan Stoel, DOJ attorney Sosun Bae and Polsinelli partner and former International Trade Commission general counsel Dominic Bianchi. The committee's vice-chairs are Matthew Rizzolo of Ropes & Gray and Timothy Bickham of Dentons (US).

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Court of Federal Appeals Trade activity
OFAC Wrongly Accused US Trust of Aiding Sanctioned Russian Oligarch, Lawsuit Says
July 11, 2025 by Ian Cohen|Courts

The Russian grantor of a blocked U.S.-based trust company is suing the Office of Foreign Assets Control, saying OFAC falsely accused the trust of being used to help a Russian oligarch evade sanctions. Kuncha Kerimova, the grantor, said the trust was designed to share her wealth with her grandchildren and other descendants, not to aid designated Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.