As for Zack? I think a lot of his current tame behavior has everything to do with his lawsuit. When that finishes, he’ll probably get back to wreaking havoc on the industry & making pros cry into their telephones. He’s stuck in a holding pattern for as long as the court case takes. But with any luck, we’ll see some movement on that sometime soon. I don’t know what we’re even waiting on at the moment.
We're waiting on discovery and that's just on the jurisdictional issue. Nothing is going to happen immediately unless it's some kind of settlement. Anything particularly juicy is likely to be under seal and neither side appears in a great rush to violate orders like this for our amusement. If anything, that dipshit Zaid is the most likely to commit some huge public faux pas. Even he has been quiet lately, though.
The deposition will likely be the first major event where Waid actually gets to experience the "fun" of litigation, and that might be a come to Jesus moment where he realizes this isn't likely to go well.
Then there's the actual decision on jurisdiction. This is very unlikely to go Waid's way. If it does, though, it either goes to appeal or Meyer gives up.
Next, there's the inevitable motion to dismiss, probably under 12(b)(6) or the like. Again, if Meyer loses that, the case goes away or to appeal.
If both of these go Meyer's way, it sets the general tone for the rest of it, and both sides may have a pretty good idea of what the case is worth financially. That's when a settlement becomes very likely.
Next, there's more discovery on the general issue of the lawsuit itself. Depending on how much gets produced in the jurisdictional discovery, there might not be much of this. The case is not all that factually complex.
Then, at this point, there's likely to be motions by both sides for summary judgment. Again, anything short of a total win by either side sets the tone for settlement. Summary judgment is when the undisputed facts of the case decide it as a matter of law, and therefore, there is no need for a trier of fact (such as a jury), and the case can be decided by the judge.
If the case even gets that far, that's where it likely ends.
Only after all that is there anything like a jury trial, and again, you're looking at as long as a year after all this before it gets there. So Meyer may be quiet for a while. Part of the bummer of lawsuits is shut up is always the best advice, so once you get into it, you're in for the long haul.
