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Originally Posted by Fbone
The Judge seems to have decided they are guilty without even hearing the evidence at trial. It's no wonder the companies want a jury trial. And there are bets the lawyers are already working on their appeals.
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Read the Teleread post.
Mr Meadows addresses that: procedurally, the judge had to accept *both* sets of claims as valid and weigh them to decide whether to dismiss or not.
What her ruling said is that the plaintiff evidence, if valid, outweighs the defendants claims, *even if valid*.
So now the case goes to trial to see how much of the evidence is valid, instead of the Conspiracy Gang walking free.
The problem for the defense is that the bulk of the logic for the ruling to proceed comes from documentary evidence (emails) not just inference and rebuttable testimony.
The judge hasn't made up her mind; she *is* signalling to the defense that their case is weak.