More on ABIM vs Frontrunners Board Review

I received an email from the Vice President for Communications at ABIM with an update and a clarification on the Frontrunners case. On February 23 2010 a United States magistrate judge issued a recommendation in the ABIM's case against Frontrunners:

Indeed, the only factor weighing against
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such sanctions is the public policy favoring disposition of cases on
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the merits. However, it is Defendant’s own willful behavior that has
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obscured the facts and impeded Plaintiff’s efforts to proceed to the
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merits. For these and the foregoing reasons, it is respectfully
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recommended that Plaintiff’s motion for terminating sanctions be
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granted.
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In other words the judge seems to opine that tactics by Frontrunners interfered with discovery and prevented the case from being decided on its own merits, and is therefore recommending judgment for the plaintiff (ABIM).

As to the counterclaim against ABIM, although the Frontrunners web page states that “litigation is ongoing,” according to the email from ABIM there is no active claim pending against them right now.

Many thanks to ABIM for the update and I hope this clears up any confusion.