ITC Names New Administrative Law Judge

International Trade Commission investigative attorney Monica Bhattacharyya will now serve as an administrative law judge, the commission announced Sept. 13. As an ALJ, Bhattacharyya will “manage an active litigation docket, preside over evidentiary hearings, and make initial determinations in the Commission’s investigations involving unfair practices in import trade under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930,” the ITC said. Bhattacharyya joined the ITC in 2012 as an investigative attorney in the Office of Unfair Import Investigations. She previously was a partner at Kasowitz Benson, working in the firm's intellectual property group in its New York office.