Just getting caught up reading and was a bit surprised how many posts were about conflict of interest, and nobody mentioned what was said at the last SHM.

During Q&A, this topic came up in the context of "hiring" law firm #2. RP stated to this effect, conflict cases have been identified and at the appropriate time, a 2nd firm will come into play and be announced via company communications. This was well thought out in advance when DM spent about a year doing DD before signing EDIG up was the take away.

The other thing, 174 was what I recall as the original # of claimed infringers Pat N. came up with and that figure was stated at the 2008 SHM, and at the 2009 event, it was said that some have been dropped from the list and some added, with no specifics given.

It is also my understanding 174 included both T1 and T2 claims.

Some of the people who attended the 2009 SHM felt in individual chats after the meeting, law firm #2 would be on board by mid year, but could not back up those feelings with any hard facts. We got the impression EDIG had been in talks with 1 or more firms for a "few" months before the 11/19/09 SHM.

Hope this helps....yet there is some obvious speculation here on my part.