Judge Brook Hedge’s Lasting Impact The dust has settled from last Wednesday’s jam packed status hearing. Judge Hedge ruled officially on five pending motions. Oral rulings in court parlance; there was no paper released on any of her decisions, so the…
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Cold Comfort
Plaintiffs Win the Day at Status Hearing Frigid weather and long, long lines greeted the Court Set at Moultrie on Wednesday morning. Jurors, attorneys, defendants, media and even judges braved the cold and stood in lines that snaked around the building,…
21 Hours
Plaintiffs Reply to Defense Opposition on the 5th Under DC Civil Code Rule 30(d)(2), the plaintiff is entitled to one day of seven hours of deposition testimony for each defendant, absent a further order of court. Multiply that by three…
Look Who’s Talking
Defense Fires Back on Interpreting the 5th The level of tension in Covington’s conference room on November 10, for Dylan Ward’s deposition, must have been off the charts. Plaintiff’s counsel Ben Razi hammered away at Ward with question after question, while…
Friends And Family
Set Another Place at the Table In Harry Jaffe’s treatise, we’re told that Eric Holder gave Robert’s close friend Jason Torchinsky “…the sense that Robert Wone was considered part of the Covington family…” and that the law firm would represent the Wone…
Oops!
Second Time is the Charm? Just 48 hours after the defense team filed their Response to the Motion to Intervene, they asked for a do-over. To correct the missteps and record, in the accompanying Praecipe they write to, “inform the Court that…
Ink Fight?
Two Birds, One Response In the just filed Defense Response to Motion to Intervene, Victor Zaborsky’s counsel Sean Edwards takes the opportunity to respond to both the media’s motion from November 2, and Covington’s Opposition that was entered on October…
Big Sur
Kathy Wone Goes on Record On page 2 of the latest plaintiff’s filing, Covington’s Ben Razi noted that since oral argument had not been scheduled on the defense motion to dismiss, his document may have to suffice. He may have spoke…
Going To The Chappelle
Kathy Wone’s “Misguided Complaint” In Round Three of the statute of limitations (SOL) argument, the defense has filed their Reply Memorandum of Point and Authorities in Support of Motion to Dismiss Counts One, Three and Four (or in the alternative)…
Tolls For Thee
Covington Returns Fire on Motion to Dismiss It took a while but the plaintiffs have finally responded to the Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss Counts One, Three and Four, or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment as to Counts One, Three and…