Global NAPs, Inc. v. Verizon New England, Inc.

At the center of this action is a clash between telecommunications providers,- both of which are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. §§ 251 et seq. (2000). Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 252(b)(1), the plaintiff, Global NAPs, Inc. (Global), brought two arbitration actions against the defendant, Verizon New England (Verizon), which were resolved *601in Verizon’s favor in 2002. Subsequent to those decisions, one of which had already been appealed, Jack Conroy, Verizon’s regulatory affairs chief, gave an interview to a Boston Globe business…