Lol,
tangential, superfluous and redundant.
The main reason for the parties depositions are discovery & admissions.
However, SmartWin has a huge mountain to climb over their breach in the first place and sticking there heads in the sand won't make that go away.
As evident, Smartwin was off the hook w/ accountability to the contract as well as the court. You can rest assured, once they realize the power of the court attained jurisdiction, (lol, that they requested) they will settle.
Uhhum, probably, gonna want to drink Sake w/Malcolm again....