Healthier Choices Mgmt Corp (HCMC)

[Lucy K]

Why don't we clear up the mystery? Is there anything in HCMC's financials? I haven't looked but usually there is a legal line item and we can probably tell from that number whether or not this case is on contingency. Does anyone on this board know?

Cozen O'Connor is certainly practicing law like they are not getting paid, so my guess is contingency. But that inference is just based upon what appears to be Cozen's really lazy lawyering and not on actual knowledge of how they are getting paid.

Did Cozen really sue for patent infringement on a device that they never actually tested? I mean, that's patent litigation 101. Come on. I hope they are testing it now. Maybe that is why they wanted the extra extension, i.e., so that they could buy the device and test it. In other words, to do what they should have done last August. Let's see what is in the reply.

Don't forget that HCMC has to defend against the IPR too. So that is another expense and that would definitely not be on contingency.