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GAO Introduces New Exception to Timeliness Rules

Client Alert | 1 min read | 02.10.14

In Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Jan. 28, 2014), GAO created an exception to the longstanding rule that information provided to protester's counsel under a protective order creates attributable knowledge to the protester itself, starting the 10-day clock to file a protest. GAO held that, because there was significant evidence that the protester diligently pursued the information during and after the debriefing, protester's lawyers diligently sought release of the non-confidential information from under the protective so they could consult with their client, and these efforts were impeded by unwarranted agency delay, the timeliness of a supplemental protest should be measured from the time of disclosure to the client because GAO will not allow the agency to "unfairly to benefit from its own dilatory behavior" and effectively run out the clock on prospective supplemental protest grounds.


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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....