March 22, 2022
U.S. Steel ducked a competitor's claim that it violated Pennsylvania law by falsely telling regulators it could supply the raw steel the competitor wanted to import, as a federal judge ruled that such state-law claims are preempted by the federal government's exclusive oversight of tariffs and international trade.
August 20, 2021
A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that a steelmaker's lawsuit accusing U.S. Steel of abusing the process for objecting to tariff exemptions on foreign steel will stay in federal court, since the case would involve reviewing and second-guessing decisions by the U.S. secretary of commerce.
May 06, 2021
A lawsuit accusing the United States Steel Corporation of abusing the exceptions-and-objections process for tariffs on foreign steel belongs in Pennsylvania state court, the plaintiff told a federal judge Thursday, arguing there was no federal law governing the question of whether U.S. Steel lied to the Department of Commerce.