I had a pretty good convo with Mike last week. The guy seems to (seemed to, more like) be a little more cordial and kind, but he also told me specifically that the defendants had no reason to file TCPA right out of the gate, because delay is beneficial to them now. I'm not a lawyer, so I've got no real idea, but to me that sounded like bullshit, considering they're funding everything out of pocket, and, as he said, discovery sucks. Deposition sucks.
Really interesting how one can change their mind, I guess, especially when they sit there and claim that they're only trying to educate people on not only the law, but also the legal process, even though he'll sit there and either lie to my face about it or for some silly reason change his mind in just about a week (pretty sure it was last Friday even, so exactly a week ago).