1. Home
  2. |Insights
  3. |The Ever Expanding Impact of Criminal Convictions

The Ever Expanding Impact of Criminal Convictions

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 03.14.16

As part of the ABA’s 2016 National Institute on White Collar Crime, Crowell & Moring attorneys presented on collateral consequences of criminal convictions and prepared articles on the topic: Changing Landscape for Post-Conviction Collateral Consequences and Impact of Criminal Conviction on Public Sector Contactors and Grantees.

Contacts

Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 12.04.25

District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Seller of Gray Market Snack Food Products

On November 12, 2025, Judge King in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted in part Haldiram India Ltd.’s (“Plaintiff” or “Haldiram”) motion for a preliminary injunction against Punjab Trading, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Punjab Trading”), a seller alleged to be importing and distributing gray market snack food products not authorized for sale in the United States. The court found that Haldiram was likely to succeed on the merits of its trademark infringement claim because the products at issue, which were intended for sale in India, were materially different from the versions intended for sale in the U.S., and for this reason were not genuine products when sold in the U.S. Although the court narrowed certain overbroad provisions in the requested order, it ultimately enjoined Punjab Trading from importing, selling, or assisting others in selling the non-genuine Haldiram products in the U.S. market....