"Think" Not

Finell refuses to comment specifically on her testimony -- again, Conley's orders -- but she does say that it's unlikely this case will go to court.

"I'd say about 80 to 90 percent of the cases I've been asked to give opinions in are settled before they get to trial," she says from her New York office. "Very, very few cases I see or other experts like me see actually end up in trial, because of the expense or the risk of liability on both sides. When one side is a little guy and one side's a big guy, they usually settle well before they go to court. The burden is on the plaintiff to prove the defendant had access to it."

So this could go on forever, or it could be settled next week -- like that producer in Nashville says, "You don't have to be right to think you're right," and lawsuits are as American as country music.