by Lynne Huntting.

It was very much a case of 'as you were' in the seventh day of the Northern California𝔉 jury trial involving Champ Car World Seri💞es co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven.

In Oakland District Court, the plaintiffs continued to p🔜resent their case alleging securities and exchange commission violations against Kalkhoven and three other former executives of JDS Uniphase, which is also a defendant in the case.

Kalkhoven has been an attentive listener, paying close attention to all the testimony - visual depositions shown on🤪 a large movie screen and witnesses who are examined, cross-examined and re-examined.

The plaintiffs legal team is anticipating it will be through most of its witnesses by Thursday afternoon or Friday morning; but it will not 'rest' its case at that point before turning it over to the defence. It has to do with the witness scheduling. Judge Claudia Wilkins is mak♏ing efficient use of the court time, and each witness will only have to make one court appearance rather than be called back at a later time for further examinat🦄ion by the other legal team.

The trial is scheduled for nineteen days, which means 🍷if all goes according to plan, the evidentiary portion of the trial will end on Friday 16 November. Then, the thanksgiving week will ꧙be a 'break' for all lawyers and jurors, before reconvening the following week for closing arguments and jury deliberations.

Some of the attorneys on the case are ꧃from out of state. They got a disconcerting wake up call Tuesday evening. There was an earthquake in San Jose, CA measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale, with the epicentre within 10-15 miles of JDSU headquarters.

There hav🧜e been 40 oꦅr so aftershocks since, including one which was a 3.7 on Wednesday afternoon.