`UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
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`Washington, D.C.
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` Inv. No. 337-TA-1279
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN FLOCKED SWABS, PRODUCTS
`CONTAINING FLOCKED SWABS, AND
`METHODS OF USING SAME
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`EVIDENTIARY HEARING PROCEDURES; AMENDING
`GROUND RULES
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`ORDER NO. 50:
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`(May 24, 2022)
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`The evidentiary hearing in this investigation shall be conducted via WebEx, in
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`accordance with the procedures in Ground Rule 11.4. See Order No. 13 at 22, EDIS Doc. ID
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`752419 (Sept. 22, 2021). The hearing is scheduled for the week of June 27-July 1, 2022, from
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`9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, in accordance with Ground Rule 11.3. Id. A prehearing
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`conference shall be held via WebEx on Friday, June 24, 2022, starting at 10:00 a.m. Certain
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`procedures for the evidentiary hearing shall be modified as set forth below:
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`NEXT Advocates Program
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`In accordance with the NEXT Advocates Program initiated by the Commission’s Office
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`of Administrative Law Judges,1 the parties are encouraged to provide opportunities for less-
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`experienced attorneys (i.e., those that have given three or fewer substantive oral arguments or
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`witness examinations in any federal tribunal) to participate in substantive oral presentations
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`during the course of the investigation and/or to examine witnesses at the evidentiary hearing.
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`1 See NEXT Advocates Program Announcement,
`https://www.usitc.gov/next_advocates_nurturing_excellence_in_trial_advocates.htm.
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`To support such participation, an additional 15 minutes of trial time will be provided to a
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`party that permits a less-experienced attorney to examine a witness at the hearing (limited to two
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`such time extensions for the complainant group, and two for the respondent group, at a single
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`hearing). The additional time will be added to the hearing day. Parties who wish to participate
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`in this arrangement should provide notice to the ALJ and the other parties before the prehearing
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`conference. The notice should include a certification by lead counsel that one or more less-
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`experienced attorneys will be examining a witness at the hearing. Such certification need not
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`identify the less-experienced attorneys or the witnesses who will be examined. Such
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`submissions should be sent to Bhattacharyya337@usitc.gov and need not be filed.2
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`Ground Rule 9.5.7.1
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`Ground Rule 9.5.7.1 shall be amended to limit the exchange of demonstrative exhibits to
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`only those demonstrative exhibits that will be used in the direct examination of a witness.
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`Demonstrative exhibits that will be used for cross-examination do not need to be exchanged in
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`advance.
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`Ground Rule 11.6.7
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`Ground Rule 11.6.7 shall be amended to require the sequestration of fact witnesses.
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`Requests to waive sequestration may be considered at the pre-hearing conference.
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`SO ORDERED.
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`Monica Bhattacharyya
`Administrative Law Judge
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`2 As set forth in the NEXT Advocates program announcement, more-experienced attorneys will be
`permitted to assist less-experienced attorneys, if necessary, and to clarify any statements on the record
`before conclusion of the session, if necessary.
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