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`Washington, D.C.
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN PICK-UP TRUCK FOLDING
`BED COVER SYSTEMS AND
`COMPONENTS THEREOF (III)
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` Inv. No. 337-TA-1353
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`ORDER NO. 31:
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`GRANTING COMPLAINANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO
`CONTINUE STAY OF THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE;
`GRANTING COMPLAINANTS’ AND STAFF’S JOINT MOTION
`TO INCREASE PAGE LIMITS
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`(September 11, 2023)
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`On September 8, 2023, Complainants Extang Corporation, Laurmark Enterprises, Inc.
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`d/b/a BAK Industries, and UnderCover, Inc.’s (“Complainants”) filed a motion (1353-025) to
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`continue the stay of the procedural schedule pending a decision on Complainants’ forthcoming
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`motion for summary determination on violation and for recommended determination on remedy
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`and bonding (“MSD”). Complainants certify that the Commission Investigative Staff (“Staff”)
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`does not oppose the motion. Also on September 8, 2023, Complainants and Staff filed a joint
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`motion (1353-026) for leave to increase the page limits for Complainants’ forthcoming MSD and
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`Staff’s response thereto.
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`On July 26, 2023, the undersigned granted Complainants’ initial motion to stay the
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`procedural schedule (Order No. 7) until September 15, 2023. See Order No. 21. Now,
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`Complainants seek to continue the stay of all upcoming procedural deadlines pending a decision
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`on their forthcoming MSD, which they state will be filed no later than October 6, 2023. Mot.
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`1353-025 at 1. Complainants submit that good cause exists to continue the stay because all
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`named respondents have either been terminated based on settlement and/or consent orders or
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`have been found in default. Id. at 2. Complainants contend that “[g]ranting a continued stay will
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`promote efficiency in this investigation, allowing Complainants to focus their resources on filing
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`a motion for summary determination and relief requested in their amended complaint, which will
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`include a request for a general exclusion order.” Id. Complainants also assert that the requested
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`stay will have no adverse effect on any party or on the investigation’s proceedings since all
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`respondents have been terminated. Id. In addition, stays of the procedural schedule have been
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`granted in similar circumstances in previous investigations. See, e.g., Certain Arrowheads with
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`Arcuate Blades and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1033, Order No. 8, EDIS Doc. ID
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`613366, at 1 (June 5, 2017) (granting motion to stay pending resolution of complainant’s
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`forthcoming motion for summary determination seeking a general exclusion order).
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`There being no opposition and for good cause shown, the motion (1353-025) is hereby
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`GRANTED. The procedural schedule shall be stayed pending a decision on Complainants’
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`forthcoming motion for summary determination on violation.
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`As to the joint motion, Complainants and Staff seek to increase the page limit for
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`Complainants’ forthcoming MSD from 50 pages (excluding exhibits) to 100 pages (excluding
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`exhibits) and to increase the page limit for Staff’ response to Complainants’ MSD from 50 pages
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`(excluding exhibits) to 100 pages (excluding exhibits). Mot. 1353-026 at 1. Complainants and
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`Staff assert that good cause exists for the increase in page limits because it “will allow parties to
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`address all relevant issues and submit the required ‘substantial, reliable, and probative evidence’
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`required by Section 337 in the absence of a hearing in which such evidence could be submitted.”
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`Id. In addition, they submit that “much of the evidence is in pictorial format and otherwise
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`difficult to convey through citations or textual summary thereof.” Id.
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`There being no opposition and for good cause shown, the motion (1353-026) is hereby
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`GRANTED. Complainants’ forthcoming motion for summary determination is limited to 100
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`pages (excluding exhibits) and Staff’s response thereto is limited to 100 pages (excluding
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`exhibits).
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`SO ORDERED.
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`Monica Bhattacharyya
`Administrative Law Judge
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