olddog,
thx for the post... great reading.
this judge is nononsense and NOK is really pissing him off.
he really gets into the NOK atty's for bringing up the TDD defense this late in the game. It is apparent he sees right thru their delay tactics... and one has to wonder if they really want to go to trial.
Nok really got a lifeline with the Batts decision, but they are really close to the cruise ship's blades. If they lifeline gets cut...if the appeals court does the right thing, then watch IDCC unleash the dogs. since SAM has no leg to stand on via the TDD, do they really sit idle waiting for that decision?
The ALJ does try to save some face for the NOk atty's near the end when he says, "no way, i ain't siding with the defense" ... but you can't feel good if you were on the dark leaving that phone conference.