Former Barnes & Noble ceo Demos Parneros’s desire to ask the court to dismiss the bookseller’s countersuit against him persists, at least for a few more weeks, following a pre-motion conference on Thursday before Judge John G. Koetl. The judge set a December 21 deadline for the plaintiff’s counsel either to answer or move against Barnes & Noble’s counterclaims. But Judge Koetl discouraged the idea again, this time at great length. He said that “substantial hours” would be spent on it, which “wouldn’t make a whit of difference to the case.” Attorney Anne Clark seemed to be channeling her client […]