On 08/20/20, this Court denied Wymont’s special motion to strike.
On 08/21/20, Wymont gave notice of its intent to seek appellate review of that ruling.
On 08/27/20, Wymont filed a motion to stay “all motions presently set,” and to vacate the trial date, pending resolution of the appeal. That motion was assigned a hearing date of 01/07/21.
On 08/28/20, this Court denied Wymont’s ex parte application to advance the hearing on that motion, or to “confirm” an appellate stay of the action. At that time, this Court invited the parties to address the question at the upcoming hearing on the various pending motions.
There is a pending trial date, subject to a separate motion to continue filed by Wymont pre-COVID on 02/13/20. Although the vacated trial date rendered that motion technically moot, the motion was re-set to 09/17/20. In the interim, Wymont again asked for a trial continuance via ex parte application on 06/30/20, which this Court denied without prejudice. Since then, lead counsel fo