THE vs. JME lawsuit update Jan 2022

 I have no details, but, as far as I can glean, the case was settled. 

Case Number: BER L-000644-19 

Case Caption: Turtle Hill Events, Llc Vs Widdershins, Inc 

Court: Civil Part 

Venue: Bergen 

Case Initiation Date: 01/25/2019 

Case Type: Contract/Commercial Transaction 

Case Status: Closed

Case Disposition: Settled-While Scheduled For Trial

This was filed in Oct 2021 on THE's behalf: 

I represent Plaintiff in the matter named above. I am pleased to tell the Court that the parties have reached a settlement in principle. With that said, there is a motion pending and the parties need some additional time to finalize the terms of the settlement. I spoke briefly with Chambers today and was told a letter requesting this adjournment was the appropriate path to take. Thus, I write — with Defendants’ consent — to request the pending motion and scheduled trial both be adjourned sine die. We thank the Court for its time and consideration. 

JME / THE lawsuit update

 As a comment pointed out on my post from Jan 2019 (JME Lawsuit), I have not updated with the outcome. Valid point. However, there is no final outcome yet. This is the most recent information. Information can be found here: https://portal.njcourts.gov/webcivilcj/CIVILCaseJacketWeb/pages/civilCaseSearch.faces  Make sure you search for "civil part" and not any of the other types of cases. 

The docket number is BERL000644-19. The current case summary is as follows: 

Case Number: BER L-000644-19 

Case Caption: Turtle Hill Events, Llc Vs Widdershins, Inc 

Court: Civil Part 

Venue: Bergen 

Case Initiation Date: 01/25/2019 

Case Type: Contract/Commercial Transaction 

Case Status: Active 

Jury Demand: 6 Jurors 

Case Track: 2 

Judge: Robert C Wilson 

Team: 2 

Original Discovery End Date: 12/10/2019 

Current Discovery End Date: 08/06/2020 

# of DED Extensions: 3 

Original Arbitration Date: 

Current Arbitration Date: 

# of Arb Adjournments: 0 

Original Trial Date: 03/02/2020 

Current Trial Date: 05/10/2021 

# of Trial Date Adjournments: 5 

Disposition Date: 

Case Disposition: 

Open Statewide Lien: 

The most recent information on the case summary is: 

12/02/2020 PARTIAL STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL submitted by GREEN, REMY of COHEN&GREEN P.L.L.C. on behalf of TURTLE HILL EVENTS, LLC against JOAN MACH, WIDDERSHINS, INC, JEFFREY MACH, JOSEPH MACH LCV20202182815 12/02/2020

 The most recent information on the case proceedings is: 

05/10/2021 09:00 357 ROBERT L POLIFRONI (note: that's the judge's name) TRIAL PENDING

The most recent document states: 

This matter in difference in the above entitled action having been amicably adjusted by and among the parties, it is hereby stipulated and agreed that, pursuant to R. 4:37(a)(1), Counts V and VI of Plaintiff, Turtle Hill Events, LLC’s Complaint be and are hereby dismissed with prejudice. 

Counts II and IV of Plaintiff, Turtle Hill Events, LLC’s Complaint are not dismissed and are the only Counts remaining in the above referenced matter.  

I hope this update is helpful. 

UPDATE re: conflicting words

 A year ago I posted Conflicting Words and I sat on the information out of respect for the person who had contacted me. Since they did out themselves, here is some of the information that they sent to me. I still paraphrased from their email because I did tell them I would not post verbatim. 

Re: SPWF

The night before SPWF was cancelled; there was a meeting at the Embassy. The plan was to get rid of the Midway state, since it was always iffy anyway. New vendors were found, with people understanding the risks of an inexpensive booth and a small busking stage.  

The next day, MW cancelled SPWF on FB Live.

Supposedly there was a vote, but (OP) was not aware of one. 

Which clarifies who actually cancelled SPWF. 

Regarding money:

There was money in the account, and more in vendor invoices still owed (approx $70k). There was more money which went to Wicked, SPWF marketing, and staff salaries. Ticket and vendor money had been coming in since the previous May (some of it in cash which never made it to the company account). 

JM was locked out of that account intentionally by SPS so he didn’t know how much money was in it. All of the refund messages went to Jeff, but he had to email SPS members to approve or disapprove them. 

Regarding the IP transfer: 

There had been a buyer lined up for SPWF, instead of the IP transfer. There was one agreement originally and that one was replaced with what was finally signed. 

Generally summing up: 

It’s not going to go away even if Jeff goes away because it was never *just* Jeff. In fact, it was largely a *lot* of ex-staff, and almost all of them are still working in the event communities, especially the kink ones, or adjacent to them.