The longer it takes to prepare for trial, the longer it takes for the trial to be adjudicated. Thus, by claiming that it would as long as one year to prepare for trial, Amphastar was lobbying for no PI on the grounds that it would cause undue economic harm to Amphastar by (purportedly) causing a long delay until the case could be adjudicated and the PI could be lifted upon an Amphastar win in the trial.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”