We have abandoned the case.
The unfavorable decision in the Henderson case was one reason that added to our final conclusion, but cost became the ultimate factor. We spent a ridiculous amount of money on this case before ever reaching a trial... More than could be justified from a business standpoint, and lawyers were talking tens of thousands more to get a ruling which would be undoubtedly appealed regardless of what the ruling was. The total cost estimates were insane and the likelihood was they would screw us one way or the other in the end.
It also didn't help that SIG showed very little interest in assisting us with the case. We had asked them to supply expert witnesses and we received limited response or cooperation on those requests... Seems they didn't want to "rock the boat" in any way.
It is unfortunate that it ends this way... The government uses the financial burden as a powerful weapon to discourage any one person or company from challenging their actions.
