ITC Institutes Investigation (Section 337): Solar Panel Technology

Brief

HKA experts were retained by a multinational publicly traded solar company respondent in an ITC Section 337 investigation.

What we did

With the client facing the threat of an exclusion order, HKA’s expert, Ryan LaMotta, evaluated and responded to the complainant’s claimed satisfaction of the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement. We conducted a thorough investigation, including a site inspection of the complainant’s facility, and identified numerous weaknesses in the methodology employed by the complainant. Our experts documented our findings in a comprehensive expert report issued by Mr. LaMotta.

Mr. LaMotta ultimately testified at deposition that the complainant failed to meet its burden of demonstrating that it met the ITC’s standards for satisfaction of the domestic industry requirement.

Outcomes

The case settled very favorably for HKA’s client shortly before trial.