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

Since 2002, Global NAPs, Inc. (“GNAPs”) has been engaged in litigation with Verizon New England, Inc. that originally arose over access fees the two companies owed each other for interconnecting their telephone networks. Verizon is the former local telephone monopoly in Massachusetts, known as the “incumbent local exchange carrier” (ILEC); GNAPs is a startup competitor, known as a “competitive local exchange carrier” (CLEC). Although Verizon prevailed in the underlying dispute roughly four years ago, the district court is still overseeing a receivership sale to satisfy the judgment against…