[2710] in North American Network Operators' Group
re: Sprints definition on NAPs (question)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Scoggin)
Mon Apr 29 20:40:39 1996
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 96 20:38:01 EDT
To: mdella@farragut.Internex.NET
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: John Scoggin <jscoggin@delmarva.com>
The other question that should be asked (and I hope some folks have looked at
this) is whether this rule is in fact arbitrary. If there is no sound
ENGINEERING reason, it may constitute "restraint of trade" under Chapter 2 of
the Sherman Act (if memory serves). These types of problems can be quite
nasty, involving treble punitive damages.
I have never been a lawyer (or played one on TV :-), but I can recall
handling disbursement of suit awards while a programmer in a bank Trust
Department...
