Re: HTC Pacer re Settlement/Status meeting with Judge Laporte..Geoff
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Mar 10, 2014 12:22PM
This was just prior to his asking if they wanted a mediator to help settle:
THE COURT:
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT LAST POINT UP,
BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME ONE WAY I COULD RESOLVE THIS
ISSUE WOULD BE TO ADOPT, PERHAPS, THE MORE NEUTRAL
LANGUAGE ABOUT WHO PREVAILED AND IN WHOSE FAVOR,
BUT LEAVE FOR ANOTHER DAY THE QUESTION OF THAT –
WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU?
MS. KEEFE:
I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT, YOUR HONOR,
ABSOLUTELY.AND, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT
ONLY COMES UP IF IT COMES UP IN THE CONTEXT OF COSTS
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT LATER.
THE PART THAT HAS TO BE REMEDIED IS THAT THE JUDGMENT
HAS TO REFLECT 890.
BUT THE POINTS THAT WE'RE ARGUING ABOUT RIGHT NOW -
-I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE PREFER OUR LANGUAGE, THEY
PREFER THEIR LANGUAGE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY BOTH
ACCURATE, BUT YOUR HONOR IS GOING TO HAVE TO EVENTUALLY
DEAL WITH WHAT THAT LANGUAGE MEANS LATER ANYWAY, AND
WE CAN RESOLVE THAT THEN.
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