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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So at the phase of litigation, discovery is closed, correct?

Ng had said repeatedly that Dorland harassed Larson. Well, we saw the texts and emails. Is there any evidence that what Ng claimed actually happened?

The reason I hope this doesn’t die down is because I think Grub Street, the Chunky Monkeys and Ng are going to brazen it out on a vague notion of Larson being targeted or maligned because she is not totally white. They can no longer say that directly, but they also can no longer say she didn’t potentially plagiarize, since Larson violated the published Grub Street guidance on IP/copyright/plagiarism - which was in the discovery materials. While I agree that the institutions that should be held accountable are the NYT and Grub, the Times is never going to retract anything nor issue any apology. They didn’t apologize for being a mouthpiece in the run up to the war in Iraq, so we need to collectively give up that fantasy.[/quote]

The case just had a status conference. I saw some reporter on Twitter who attended it (apparently Larson is pushing hard for mediation now, which is interesting because she was opposed before). Idk if discovery has closed but I imagine a new request could be sent. [/quote]

I'm not a lawyer, and I only scanned about 1/1000th of the filings available, but wouldn't settling be the most intelligent thing Larson can do at this point? My impression was that Larson has been withholding documents suspected to be in her possession from discovery. If she proceeds with the case, won't she be compelled to eventually bring those documents to light? I also had the impression that her contacts (Chunkey Monkeys, etc.) were being told to hand over relevant communications. If the case proceeds, won't they have to do so or risk being caught lying to the court? It sounds like Sonya and Co. could get in all kinds of trouble. I doubt the withheld communications and documents are at all favorable to her.

Maybe my understanding as a layperson is too limited, but I think Sonya Larson was very, very foolish to bring this case. She seems to think she's not compelled to comply with discovery or to be truthful. And she's involved so many of her contacts in this act of plagiarism: her employer, her writing group, her publishers. Any one of them might hand over communications with her that will be yet more damning.

So, yeah, I think she ought to settle. [/quote]

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