If a threat (such as an email or letter) has not been followed up in
some time, it may be appropriate to assume that the situation has
concluded. Use your own judgment. For instance, if a threat letter
requests a settlement payment and/or a retraction by a certain date,
but a year has passed since that date (or the date of the letter or
email itself) or the ultimatum date lapsed with no further
communications between the parties, then the situation probably has
concluded. If the situation is less clear, choose “Pending.”
Use this field to note whether the situation or lawsuit currently is ongoing or has concluded.
The choices for this field are:
- N/A
Use this if you do not know the status, or the situation is such that it does not seem logical to characterize the threat as "pending" or "concluded".
- Pending
Describes a case that is ongoing or has yet to be fully resolved. If there has been a partial resolution, but some parties continue, or the case remains on appeal, the case is pending. If, however, the parties have not exhausted all their appellate options but have noted that they will not be appealing or have not appealed, the case should be tagged “Concluded.”
- Concluded
Describes a case or situation that has been fully resolved by court decision, settlement, withdrawal, or other disposition. However, a case that has been decided in a lower court but has been appealed or may be appealed should be tagged “Pending.” For letter or email threats, if a lawsuit has been filed, then mark the threat "Concluded." Also, if a year or more has passed since the date of the letter or email and no further developments have taken place (to the best of your knowledge), then it is probably best to mark the threat "Concluded."
