GS functions in the ultimate conman business, OTC. To be effective he has to also understand how they think and roll with the punches when they don't like when he exposes their scam. In the pile up sometimes it's easy to confuse him with one of them. ...but history is on his side.
He has kept us all informed. Those of us who are at his poker table understand the risks. Merging companies successfully is not a sure bet, so when you deride him on past statements, it only shows how naive you are.
Consider his trifecta to be no different than a VC's portfolio. VCs (Venture Capital) look to buy and merge companies all day. They build up a portfolio of about 10 companies knowing that all they need is for 1 to succeed. The same is true here with GS's trifecta+. In essence we are all acting as our own personal VC by investing in all 4 companies. Like the VC's we don't know who will be the big winner. In fact no one does. That's why most of us are invested in all 4. ...to improve our odds.
So, if Callesse and Co decides to elongate the lawsuit, he will only hurt himself because GS will definitely focus his energies with the remaining three. In other words, GS is NOT losing sleep on what Callesse and Co decide. Anyone who is spending countless hours trying to decide how the judges will rule is wasting away their life. In short it just doesn't matter one way or the other.
Of course, if Callesse and Co were smart, they would have been covering their naked short positions and accumulating stock to then surprise the market by letting the deadline expire.
Either way GS wins. It's pretty obvious.