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- | ====== No Progress Toward Settlement, Still Talking ====== | ||
- | **//Peters: Settlement Depends on Being Able to Satisfy 'Axanar' Fans//** | + | ====== |
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+ | //**Axanar Surrogate Reveals Defense Plans to File Motion**// | ||
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- | While negotiations haven' | + | <wrap lo>//See also: [[summary_judgment|Motions for Summary Judgment]]//</ |
- | Earlier in the week, [[federal_magistrate_judge_charles_f._eick|Federal magistrate Judge Charles Eick]] led a meeting between plaintiffs | + | <wrap em> |
- | Eick's conference call included only the attorneys for both sides. | + | It became clear the defense planned to submit such a motion, which asks a judge to rule on the case on the merits, avoiding a time and expense of a jury trial. |
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+ | That news came from the Fan Film Factor blog, written by Axanar surrogate Jonathan Lane, in which he revealed the defense would seek summary judgment from federal [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]].(([[http:// | ||
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+ | A settlement didn't appear imminent after a federal magistrate failed to file minutes from a November 14 settlement conference call that was to have taken place. That raised questions about whether the meeting even happened, and if was related to the deadline for filing motions. | ||
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+ | The call two days before the deadline would have been the fourth court-mandated settlement conference between lawyers for Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] and Star Trek's owners, [[CBS]] and [[paramount_pictures|Paramount Pictures]]. | ||
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+ | After the first meeting, Peters appeared to make non-negotiable a demand that eventual settlement terms had to offer him the opportunity to satisfy donors by producing some form of // | ||
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+ | ===== Attending the Meetings ===== | ||
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+ | [[federal_magistrate_judge_charles_f._eick|Federal magistrate Judge Charles | ||
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+ | The follow-up November 4 conference call included only Eick and the attorneys for both sides in off-the-record conversations((Civil Minutes, Settlement Conference Call, Charles F. Eick, United States Magistrate Judge, 11/4/16.)) intended to find some way to avoid taking the case through the time and expense of a trial currently scheduled to begin January 31, 2017. | ||
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===== Non-Negotiable Point ===== | ===== Non-Negotiable Point ===== | ||
- | In his statement after the conference call, Peters said negotiations would continue but had appeared to make little headway on his non-negotiable point, and that he' | + | In his statement after the first conference call, Peters said negotiations would continue but had appeared to make little headway on his non-negotiable point, and that he remained |
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- | > Axanar Productions remains in negotiations to achieve a settlement with plaintiffs (CBS Studios and Paramount Pictures Corporation). \\ \\ As we’ve stated from the beginning of this legal odyssey, we are willing to addresses the concerns plaintiffs raised with regard to the production of our Star Trek fan film <wrap hi>as long as we are allowed to make sure the story of Garth of Izar, the Battle of Axanar and the Four Years’ War can be told in a way that meets the expectations set for thousands of fans and donors</ | + | > Axanar Productions remains in negotiations to achieve a settlement with plaintiffs (CBS Studios and Paramount Pictures Corporation). \\ \\ As we’ve stated from the beginning of this legal odyssey, we are willing to addresses the concerns plaintiffs raised with regard to the production of our Star Trek fan film <wrap hi>as long as we are allowed to make sure the story of Garth of Izar, the Battle of Axanar and the Four Years’ War can be told in a way that meets the expectations set for thousands of fans and donors</ |
==== Filing for Summary Judgment ==== | ==== Filing for Summary Judgment ==== | ||
- | If the two sides proved unable to reach a resolution, observers aren't likely to know about it until some other court filing. The next deadline in the case is November 16, by which motions, particularly for [[wp> | + | If the two sides proved unable to reach a resolution, observers aren't likely to know about it until some other court filing. The next deadline in the case is November 16, by which date motions, particularly for [[wp> |
===== Was Close to Settlement ===== | ===== Was Close to Settlement ===== | ||
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===== Settlement Conference ===== | ===== Settlement Conference ===== | ||
- | Federal | + | In May, federal |
<WRAP right round download 50%> | <WRAP right round download 50%> | ||
- | **DOWNLOAD** magistrate Judge Eick's [[driv> | + | <wrap lo>**DOWNLOAD** magistrate Judge Eick's [[driv> |
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==== Earlier Discovery Motions ==== | ==== Earlier Discovery Motions ==== | ||
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===== Terms of the Order ===== | ===== Terms of the Order ===== | ||
- | Eick's order for the conference | + | Eick's order for the face-to-face meeting |
* Both sides to have representatives with the legal authority to agree to a settlement without having to consult with a superior. | * Both sides to have representatives with the legal authority to agree to a settlement without having to consult with a superior. | ||
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* Attorneys for both sides to have explored the parameters of settlement with their clients well in advance of the settlement conference. | * Attorneys for both sides to have explored the parameters of settlement with their clients well in advance of the settlement conference. | ||
- | {{page> | + | It is not known if the follow-up conference calls required similarly authorized individuals to be present. |
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==== Private, Informal Conversations ==== | ==== Private, Informal Conversations ==== | ||
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* Fully itemized damages. | * Fully itemized damages. | ||
- | The studios | + | The studios |
=== Damages === | === Damages === |