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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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==== 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 === |