The Court of International Trade ordered German thermal paper producer Koehler Oberkirch GmbH and its affiliate Koehler Paper SE to pay the government $193,631,642.08 plus interest in unpaid antidumping duties, according to a Sept. 18 opinion from Judge Gary Katzmann granting the government’s motion for default judgment. According to the government, the liability, with interest, owed by Koehler Oberkirch and Koehler Paper (referred to collectively as Koehler) amounts to over $275 million as of June 2025.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed antidumping duty respondent Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Company’s appeal of a Court of International Trade ruling that upheld the Commerce Department’s use of an adverse inference against the company for failing to disclose information about an employee in human resources that it shared with one of its customers (Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Company v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 26-2151).
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Trade Attorney Promoted to Partner at Goodwin
Carrie Miller was promoted to partner in Goodwin’s global trade practice, according to an Oct. 1 LinkedIn post. She has been at the firm for more than five years.
Multiple Trade Attorneys Elected Partners at Covington
Multiple attorneys working on issues related to international trade were elected partners at Covington, including Mark Clifford, Lisa Ann Johnson and Thomas Garten. Clifford and Johnson are both based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and advise clients on export controls and sanctions. Garten is based in San Francisco and has represented companies in Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission.
Former Senior BIS Officials Launch New Law Firm
Former Bureau of Industry and Security and DOJ officials Jeffrey Beatrice and Anthony Asuncion this week launched Beatrice & Asuncion, a Washington law firm that will focus on export controls, sanctions, information and communications technology and services restrictions, internal investigations and voluntary disclosures. Beatrice previously was acting chief counsel for BIS and an assistant U.S. attorney in Washington. Asuncion served in multiple senior roles within the chief counsel's office for BIS and as deputy chief of DOJ's Counterterrorism Section.
The firm also includes Philip Kuhn, a former BIS special agent who left the agency in September 2025, and Debra Cheng, a trade lawyer.
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