The legal fight over ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx likely won’t be resolved until January, at the earliest, according to multiple people familiar with the ongoing arbitration process.

The legal teams for current owner Glen Taylor and prospective buyers Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore are scheduled to answer final questions of clarification with the three-person arbitration panel in early January, said the people, who were granted anonymity because the matter is not public. The arbitrators are expected to finalize their opinions after those answers are provided.