A woman was terminated in 2007 from her job as general sales manager at a radio station because of complaints about her bullying other employees.  The woman subsequently filed a sex discrimination charge with the EEOC. She later began her own company that sold radio advertising time to businesses. She sought to do business with her former employer but was told by the general manager of the station (in a telephone conversation that she recorded) that the former employer would not do business with her “due to this pending litigation that you have.” This conversation occurred nearly eighteen months after the woman’s termination from the radio station, and approximately one year after she had filed her EEOC charge. Is this retaliation? Why or why not?