The government now claims that the land transfer, which could take several years, makes the litigation moot.
"All these social and political factors make the litigation territory very treacherous to traverse," Mr. Zauderer said.
To make the litigation more manageable, a severity chart has been created to classify injuries in six major disease categories by type and seriousness, a classification scheme that will help the court pick a sample of cases.
"Other than being a place where I can make known the litigation, it is entirely a Web site of my own, consisting of things I need as a law student, a calendar and other personal information," he said.
The government's announcement, while an attempt to streamline procedures, makes the next step in the litigation less certain.
But the current state of class-action litigation makes the dismissal ruling very important.
While acknowledging that Carpenter makes clear that the litigation team never misrepresented any facts, Lithwick questions whether Lambda Legal dressed up the story to make it about love and relationships.
But the clock is ticking and they need to sue first to make sure the litigation is in a favorable jurisdiction (i.e., Quebec).
" Contrary to public statements made before the litigation, Defendant Spiegel admits that Plaintiff came up with the idea for disappearing pictures messages;".
Given these risks and the costs of continuing litigation, the F.D.I.C. said, it made sense to complete the $64.7 million deal.
A unit of London's Aviva Plc., and this country's second-largest seller of indexed annuities, Aviva USA denied any wrongdoing and said it made a "business decision" to end the litigation.
