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Fundamental Shift in GSA Schedule Contract Pricing?

Client Alert | 1 min read | 10.08.08

The Multiple Award Schedule ("MAS") Advisory Panel, established in March 2008 to review pricing and price reduction provisions of the MAS program, has voted to recommend that GSA eliminate, on a gradual basis, the Price Reduction Clause for purchases of both products and services under the Schedule and adopt different and better mechanisms to achieve pricing transparency and competition at both the Schedule contract level and task/delivery order level. The Panel will present its recommendations to the GSA Administrator later this year.

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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....