International trade · 14/11/2001

Sanctions for Breach of Commission Administrative Protective Order

Notice is hereby given of the sanction imposed by the Commission for breaches of the administrative protective orders ("APO") issued in Bulk Acetylsalicylic Acid from China (Aspirin), Inv. No. 731-TA-828 (Final) (APOB Inv. #210); Synthetic Indigo from the People's Republic of China, Inv. No. 731-TA-851 (Final) (APOB Inv. #211); and Furfuryl Alcohol from China and Thailand, Inv. Nos. 731-TA- 703 and 705 (Review) (APOB Inv. #230). The Commission determined that attorneys Bruce Aitken and Kieran Sharpe breached the APO in APOB Inv. #210 by filing a pre-hearing brief with the Department of Commerce that contained business proprietary information ("BPI") obtained under the APO in the Commission's preliminary Aspirin investigation. Aitken and Sharpe also breached the APO by serving a copy of the same brief on a law firm that was not on the APO of either the Commission or the Department of Commerce. The Commission found that Bruce Aitken and Kieran Sharpe breached the APO in APOB Inv. #211 by failing to delete BPI from two pages in the public version of the Final Comments filed with the Commission in the Synthetic Indigo investigation. The Commission found that Kieran Sharpe breached the