I am thinking about this situation and it really is baffling. Each side is entrenched now. Things have spiraled long past the point of mediation or even rational self-interest. Considering the damage each side has sustained its hard to imagine any rational person would say this is all worth it in the end. Vic, Monica, Jamie, Ron, Funimation have all taken more damage than if they had just continued to do business and let old jellybeans lie.
If I were the judge and had read the filings I may just have done the same thing. This case could go on for years, further financially decimating the participants. From a humane standpoint I can understand giving the parties one last chance to stop the further damage that the continuation of this case would do to them.
Then again. There may be no road back for the participants. At this point any Pyrrhic victories may be the best case scenario. Its just a shame that a group of adults can not sit down and hash out their issues rather than spending thousands of dollars for a victory that the average person couldn't care less about and that only served to ruin the reputations of all involved.