The firm Rossi selected typically does work on a contingent basis. So they don’t collect fees unless they win. Typically the contract calls for the payment of expenses.
That wouldn’t prevent them from seeking fees from the other side but if there was no recovery, Rossi may not have paid any fees just costs. Just an FYI. Ransom From: Lennart Thornros [mailto:lenn...@thornros.com] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 4:34 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Why Rossi 'won' Jones, yes lawyers are big winners as in all lawsuits. Agree that Rossi got what he wanted and paid for it. If it is junk it remins to be seen. IMHO he could retire on 4 mil also. Dumb Swedes, maybe future will tell. How you KNOW is mindboggling to me. He is an entrpreneur, a risktaker and he does search for an answer. not manyof us can live up to that or you show me your contribution in those regards. i admire your theoretical knowledge *cannot judge the quality. That is good for the discussion. your simple negative opinion about the person is misplaced, to not use stronger djective. Lennart On Jul 27, 2017 15:18, "bobcook39...@hotmail.com" <bobcook39...@hotmail.com> wrote: Living in fantasy land is like living in the desert with head in the sand IMHO---not unlike the land where religious dogma is prevails. My wondering did not take long to be resolved. Bob Cook From: Jones Beene <mailto:jone...@pacbell.net> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 5:38 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why Rossi 'won' Anyone who thinks Rossi "won" is living in fantasy land. The only big winners were the attorneys for both sides. Both sides submitted bills to the Court of about $7.5 million each, hoping the judge would assess those costs to the other side. This similarity of bills looks like collusion on their part - but there is no reason to believe that they were paid substantially less by their clients. That means most of the initial $11 million which Rossi got from IH was lost to him in the filing of the lawsuit. But he is not home-free. Rossi gets to keep his junk IP and apparently the Swedes love him, so he may resurface over there if he can stand the winters. Rossi was not charged with perjury for his deposition - at least not yet. IH believes he should have been charged - and that could still happen. No agreement with IH will protect him from perjury. As for the legal fees of IH plus the other money they paid to Rossi up front - that is probably over $20 million, BUT they offloaded all of that expense and more to a British Investment firm - which has actually gone up in value since they made the $50 million investment in IH/Cherokee. If you are "following the buck" in all of this, here is how it stands: 1) Rossi has a net of about $4 million ($11 million minus attorneys fees) 2) Darden has a net of about $30 million ($50 million from Woodford minus $20 million) 3) The attorneys have a net of about $15 million 4) Woodford Patient Capital Trust is up about 14% from when they invested in IH In a way, it looks like Darden is in fact the biggest winner here ... but in one of the never-ending mysteries of capitalism - the big loser is not apparent... other than the vorticians who wasted hundreds of hours posting and reading a "show about nothing" ... with apologies to Jerry, his nothing was at least funny...
