Originally Posted by
More Bacon
They would not stall simply out of spite--very short-sighted and frankly, a poor business decision.
Their obligation is to the shareholders, etc. To slow-roll us at the expense of their fiduciary duty to increase value would open them up to liability issues.
True, but that's usually how negotiations go; If one side won't budge on an issue it stalls out the process. That's assuming management wants scope relief and considers it a must have item.