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“They came back with a counter.”
Harmon said it at seven in the morning on Monday and she heard in his voice the particular quality of a man who had not slept and was choosing to lead with information rather than the state he was in.
She sat up in bed with the phone pressed to her ear and waited.
“Faust’s team rejected the refusal,” Harmon said. “They have now gone directly to the trial judge with a formal request for a pre-trial conference to discuss settlement. They have bypassed us entirely. This is a different move from the last one.” He paused. “They are not asking us anymore. They are asking the court.”
She was already out of bed.
“Can the judge compel a settlement conference,” she said.
“In certain jurisdictions and under certain circumstances, yes. Judge Osei-Mensah has
