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FAPIIS Information To Be Publicly Available

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.03.10

On July 29, 2010, President Obama signed the supplemental appropriations bill which contained a provision amending the Clean Contracting Act of 2008 -- the legislation that gave rise to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System ("FAPIIS"). As a result of the new language ("the Administrator shall post all such information, excluding past performance reviews, on a publicly available Internet website"), information in FAPIIS must be made available to the public, except for past performance reviews.

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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....