Generally the terms of a sale indemnify the seller against "cosmic rays" stuff like concealing the status of an active NSL. The civil exposure is light versus

Generally the terms of a sale indemnify the seller against "cosmic rays" stuff like concealing the status of an active NSL. The civil exposure is light versus a heavy criminal exposure for leaking the information (which in any likelihood wouldn't concern the acquirer anyway). I'd consider an active NSL on par with customer data; no acquirer would expect to peruse through a target's data prior to the completion of the sale.