VA case going to mediation

The case I wrote about here and flagged as interesting and worth watching has gone to mediation (article here). Now, this doesn't mean that the case is necessarily going away (I've been involved in unsuccessful mediations - if the parties are simply too far away, there's very little the mediation can do). However, it does mean that there likely won't be any further developments in the case for the time being. From my perspective as an outside lawyer, that's too bad. As I wrote previously, the case looked interesting and I would have liked to have watch it play out.