As they used to say in the Twilight Zone. "There
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The consensus by court watchers with the J&J case is that the hearing was moved because the judge wasn't ready. I was informed by court watchers that J&J's performance was so feeble and their main defense had been crushed in a deposition of the J&J expert, and that they had put on almost the entirety of its defense and in the end they had none.
The judge would then be forced to rule against J&J on November 17 and as these court watchers point out, the case would be pretty much over. And judge Bouleware being a young judge without a previous "judgely" portfolio, the last thing he needed was for a Fortune 25 to overturn him on appeal. So he is going to take 3 weeks to beef up his eventual ruling.
What is the sign post you ask? The sign post is that J&J are not dummies, even if they have no case. The court watchers believe that J&J will approach the judge and try to delay the hearing.... perhaps until next March.... and if this happens court watchers believe this case is over, although there will be a lot of shouting and a lot of smoke.