Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey

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Clearly, a prudent answer can't be given in a short email based on limited facts. That being said, the concept of restraint of trade seems not to apply here. Most typically, a restraint of trade employs some vehicle (typically, a contract) to prevent someone from doing business generally. Here, it does not appear the VMO is, in any way, attempting to prevent vendors from doing business with other customers, it is merely choosing how many vendors IT wil deal with. I welcome you to contact me to explore the issue further.

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