Then her singing career hit a bump in the road when she was slapped with a cease-and-desist order.

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No one does, because no one believes OPEC would pay the least bit of attention to a cease-and-desist order on WTO letterhead.

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Lyft, the ride-sharing startup, along with other startups, was recently fined and issued a cease-and-desist order by the California Public Utilities Commission.

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Partner Hugh McFarland, a guitar repairman, designed a model that borrowed elements from classic basses--and drew a cease-and-desist order from Fender Musical Instruments for trademark infringement.

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The rock band Silversun Pickups this week served Romney's campaign with a cease-and-desist order after it says Romney's campaign used its song "Panic Switch" at an event earlier this month.

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The news, and accompanying cease-and-desist order, was a blow to billionaire power couple Lynda and Stewart Resnick, who own Pom and a couple of other small, but relatively well-known brands like Fiji Water and Teleflora.

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Investors were probably also unaware that Sweesy had been convicted of mail and wire fraud in 1984, a fact revealed by the Texas State Securities Board in a cease-and-desist order against Sweesy on May 23, 2003.

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As a result, the SEC informed the individual addressed in its notice that it may seek injunctive relief, a cease-and-desist order, administrative sanctions including a bar from association with an investment advisor, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains and civil penalties.

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Lawyers for the 71-year-old singer - real name Ernest Evans - filed a "cease and desist" order against HP and its subsidiary Palm in September 2012, soon after the app became available.

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