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12/03/2025
Bound Printed Matter Litigation On Hold
Source: Mailers Hub, November 3, 2025
Among the many government activities on hold because of the government shutdown are those of Department of Justice attorneys representing other federal agencies.
Among the dockets being delayed is the suit brought against the Postal Regulatory Commission by the Postal Service last summer. In that case, the USPS petitioned the US District Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to review the PRC’s June 25 decision denying the Postal Service’s request to remove Bound Printed Matter (BPM) flats and parcels from the market-dominant product list.
That request was one of two filed December 20, 2024; the second, essentially meant to complement the first, was to expand the criteria for Marketing Mail to enable inclusion of items that would otherwise be categorized as BPM. That second request was approved on June 25, and the Postal Service is proceeding to implement it, with a set of rates likely to be included in a price filing next year.
Meanwhile, clearly unhappy with the PRC’s BPM decision, the USPS went to court on July 25.
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