Comcast’s Opposition Due April 24 to MaxLinear’s Motion to Dismiss, Says Order
Comcast’s brief in opposition to MaxLinear’s motion to dismiss Comcast's third amended complaint is due April 24, extended from April 17, said an order signed Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-04436) by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein for Southern New York in Manhattan.…
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MaxLinear’s reply brief in further support of its motion to dismiss is due May 8, said the order. Comcast’s lawsuit is “a thinly veiled attempt to game the judicial system, obtain potentially conflicting rulings, and waste the time and resources” of the court and the parties, said MaxLinear’s April 3 memorandum of law in support of its motion to dismiss (see 2404040031). The dispute began nearly a year ago when Comcast alleged that chipmaker MaxLinear breached its “contractual obligations” to support millions of the cable company's broadband gateways (see 2305300045). Comcast’s “latest set of grievances” concerns two related contracts, though it doesn’t allege “any actionable harm arising from those contracts,” said MaxLinear’s memorandum.