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Court Re-Affirms Rule On CDA Interest

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.14.06

In Information Int'l Assocs., Inc. (October 31, 2006) the Court of Federal Claims re-affirmed that interest on amounts found due based on a contractor's properly submitted CDA claim begins to run when the claim is submitted, even on costs the contractor does not incur until after claim submission. The Court observed that the CDA "sets a single, red-letter date for interest on all amounts found due by a court without regard to when the contractor incurred the costs" and noted that, when setting the date, "Congress was concerned with fully compensating contractors for additional costs incurred in continuing performance under a contract."

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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....