And sometimes Stettling == agreeing the other party was right. In the recent GoldiBlox suing the Beastie Boys which resulted in a swift counter-suit, the settle

And sometimes Stettling == agreeing the other party was right. In the recent GoldiBlox suing the Beastie Boys which resulted in a swift counter-suit, the settlement to drop the lawsuits included a public statement by GoldiBlox. That statement accounted to an admission of guilt and explained that GoldiBlox was in the wrong. Sometimes financial sense can be dictated by legal standing as well.