Shall we discuss again what you do I sell girl scout cookies but as a hobby trade high yielding income derivatives usually yielding 8% to 12%. - Didn't think I would get validation that absent an appeal victory this stock will continue going nowhere except in circles. The hampster wheel model. You are entltled to that opinion, but the company put the litigation on a legal contingency and is spending no money on the litigation, instead focusing on their business. If this were a typical penny stock they would forget the business and spend all of their time hyping the litigation and focusing on the stock price, and raising just enough money to keep paying an overpaid CEO. I am sure that is your idea of a penny stock company.

The appeal will probably not be decided. - Wishful thinking? No, they have beaten J&J in court twice on similar matters, the second time all the way to the SCOTUS. J&J has nothing to gain by allowing DECN to gain court traction. After all they have already sold the division.

Then it will get down to what is more valuable, a joint licensing agreement, an expensive settlement, or a little of both. - Could be plausible
It is the most likely occurrence since J&J only pays litigation cash when a gun is held to their heads, and the Lifescan division tends to settle their most difficult battles with joint licensing agreements and non-admissions. It will be so this time too.

Of these 4500 about 4400 are traders, day traders and flippers. These types do not know how to have a mature conversation. The opposite is true. Most investors in this type of play are looking for the long ball, No in this stock it is pretty safe to say that those that chase the rainbow and pot of gold do not engage in mature conversations. Instead they point fingers and libel management and those who think more of their investments than the traders do. Stock message boards are a microcosm of the worst parts of American society.