Digital Ally Ruling Allows For Probe Into Claims Taser 'Bribed Officials, Conspired'

Digital Ally, Inc. DGLY disclosed that a Federal District Court gave a ruling that denied TASER International, Inc. TASR request to continue the stay of unearthing of the Antitrust claims included in its lawsuit against Taser. As a result, the ruling enables investigations into claims that Taser has bribed officials and conspired.

Digital Ally indicated that the ruling would allow production of documents, interrogatories and depositions of former and current employees and consultants of Taser. The ruling came in response to a suit filed on January 15 in the current year that alleged Taser of infringing the "292 Patent by selling and offering to sell its Axon Signal auto-activation technology."

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The company's CEO, Stanton Ross, reacted to say, "The Company is very pleased that the court has denied Taser's request to stay discovery on the antitrust portion of the lawsuit and intends to commence such discovery immediately. Furthermore, the Company believes that the outcome of this litigation will generally set the competitive landscape for body-worn cameras utilized by law enforcement agencies for the foreseeable future."

Earlier, Taser got a stay of all discovery in respect of the anti-trust claim portion of the lawsuit in response to a motion to dismiss the antitrust claims, which is pending in the court. The current ruling effectively lifts the stay giving Digital Ally the option to initiate the discovery.

Taser closed Thursday trading at $22.09, while Digital Ally closed at $5.41. In Friday's pre-market session, Digital Ally was up 12.75 percent at $6.10.

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