>>I am not a lawyer (my mother loved me nonetheless), but that sure sounds like >>a >>conspiracy in restraint of trade, a violation of the >>1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
>As long as the VAN is not prohibiting you from going business with another VAN, >I don’t see where Sherman would kick in. If customer 'A' demands you use VAN 'B' *without interconnects* with the threat of his business, then Customer 'A' is consipiring with VAN 'B' to restrain VAN 'C' or any other VAN from competing for the ongoing communications traffic business. MCM IANAL ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: edi-l-dig...@yahoogroups.com edi-l-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: edi-l-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/