Well, if there was ever a time when the judge was trying to get the combatants to listen...this is it.
If you haven't already read it, go to the Oct 23 SLI transcripts and read page 259 starting on line 10. Below is just the first few sentences from Chairman Bloch:
Numerous witnesses have alluded to the fact that this is a conglomeration of equals. You differ as to how equal, but I think Dr. Campbell was essentially correct in speaking of this being a merger and not some sort of an acquisition. I don't hear any serious argument from either side that one company is the savior of the other in this...
Carl