Pursuant to local Manhattan federal trial court rules, the parties in this sort of a dispute are required to conduct a settlement conference before a judge before the trial prep gets fully underway. I doubt that Tangerine is going to offer a sensible, fair amount in compensation, so I DO NOT expect that this (unlike the REAL Lady A matter, also an infringement claim, below) will close it out. [Backgrounder, here.]
No, I fully-expect a “Scorched Earth” approach, from Former-Dotard-T. In any event, here’s that regularly-scheduled order, and a bit:
…Finally, Paragraph 3 of the Standing Order requires that if plaintiffs have not already made a demand, they must do so no later than 14 days prior to the conference, and defendants shall respond no later than 7 days thereafter. Even if plaintiffs have made a demand as part of a court-ordered or private mediation previously attended by the parties, plaintiffs are still required to make (or renew) a demand 14 days prior to the conference, and defendants must respond within 7 days.
In other words, the parties should not wait for the settlement conference in order to commence negotiations of a resolution of their dispute….
Now you know — and the Pfizer Paxlovid contract with the US government contains a limited most favored nations clause. That’s good news — and more on that later (near noon) — after I’m done… shoveling. [Finally, the NFL will now call the Washington team the Commanders — also very late, but good news.] Grin.
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