On December 17, Fox and Warner Bros. each filed Motions in Limine (Fox filed 8, Warner Bros. filed 6) to exclude certain evidence from being presented at trial on January 20, 2009. That was fast but its obvious they had these documents prepared far in advance. In a related move on December 18, 2008, the presiding judge postponed the December 29, 2008 Pre-Trial Conference and Motion in Limine Hearing until further notice. Delays, delays and more delays! Who is going to balk?

For those unfamiliar with the term, Motions in Limine are heard by the presiding judge who uses the Federal Rules of Evidence to determine whether or not the evidence in question should be heard by the jury. Posts in the near future will examine what each side is trying to exclude from being heard by the jury. Some of it looks strange.