CIT Judge Orders Stay of New Section 301 Cases

Chief Judge Mark Barnett of the U.S. Court of International Trade signed an administrative order that will automatically stay any new complaints filed in the massive Section 301 litigation before they are assigned to the three-judge panel he shares with Judges Claire Kelly and Jennifer Choe-Groves.

Any lawyer seeking to lift the stay of a new Section 301 case must first consult with the plaintiffs' steering committee at least three days before filing a motion and must show "good cause" for the exemption, said the order. The court expects "to determine the appropriate next steps" for dealing with the new cases after the first-filed HMTX-Jasco sample case is resolved, it said.