Grasshopper, the consensus is that the judge was n

Grasshopper, the consensus is that the judge was not ready and the later date is a sign to J&J that the judge may just believe that J&J tried again to dupe him. Sometimes judges, as busy as they are, don't read the pleadings carefully and rely on their clerks (smart law school grads looking to move up in the world quickly) So to be safe he is taking a few weeks more. A fellow you don't knoe, Mr. Sensitivity thinks that when the judge went to his clerk and asked for the state of the case, the clerk said something to the effect that "... judge these people are asking for $400 million and J&J hasn't defended this well at all..."

And while updating this post I heard fromKB that J&J wants to move the hearing into January because they smell trouble.