It basically says that because Nevada has a series of "progressive" specialized rules for patent cases it is a desirable forum. Note though that the District of New Jersey, where both Amarin and Hikma are located, also has specialized patent rules.
The articles discusses that there are also have to be at least three mandatory settlement conferences. I still want to know what the parties' respective settlement positions were, given that such a significant amount of judicial resources are devoted to the facilitation of settlement.
Based upon what I see here, the selection of Nevada was a Sipes/Kennedy call rather than a Thero call, with Thero relying on the advice of Sipes/Kennedy.
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