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From: bzs@ussr.std.com (Barry Shein)
Subject: Re: USL vs. BSDI, and what to do
In-Reply-To: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM's message of Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:04:47 GMT
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From: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli)
>I hate to say this, but Bob has nothing to do with this. AT&T didn't
>bring the law suit. USL did. USL has a different chair person, and
>has their own lawyers (from what I've heard, they don't share lawyers...
>so much for the "army of lawyers").
AT&T is a major shareholder in USL.
Consider the action analogous to putting pressure on advertisers who
sponsor some offensive TV show or whatever. In this case it's even
more significant as USL is closely-held (i.e. not openly traded on the
stock market.)
AT&T has a big vote on whether or not USL pursues the lawsuit. So do
other large USL shareholders (who are they?)
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-Barry Shein
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