First off the forum isn’t likely to go anywhere, the Friday forum is still there and if you have an account you can still post. It maybe locked and archived in the future but Gun has left it un-archived for those of us who remain, after we asked nicely.
Secondly even if they were issued a cease and desist order they would still be able to have servers, do bug fixes and make balance changes.
Third from my understanding, not a lawyer, even if they did receive a CaD, anything in certification submitted by the date of the CaD can still be added. Which means they could dump unfinished maps or assets in the files and add stuff over the next however long the assets take to finish. The Friday puzzle game did that to release ghost Jason after the cut off date.

