International Trade Commission, Investigations Relating to Potential Breaches of Administrative Protective Orders, Sanctions Imposed for Actual Violations

Résumé

This notice provides a summary by the International Trade Commission (Commission) of its investigations of (1) breaches of administrative protective orders (APOs) issued in connection with investigations under Title VII and Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and (2) certain violations of the Commission's rules. This notice is intended to inform the public of the Commission's experience with APO breaches. The Commission also intends that this notice will educate and alert representatives of parties to Commission proceedings as to some specific types of APO breaches encountered by the Commission. This notice is illustrative only and does not limit the Commission's rules or standard APO. The notice does not provide an exclusive list of conduct that will be deemed to be a breach of the Commission's APOs, and does not indicate how the Commission will rule in future cases.