It's the opposite. When a complaint is filed and it gets covered in the press, there's usually some effort to explain the allegations and cite the laws that arg

It's the opposite. When a complaint is filed and it gets covered in the press, there's usually some effort to explain the allegations and cite the laws that arguably were broken. And there may be evidence cited in the complaint to support the allegations. You can tell a lot about a case and its likelihood of success from the complaint. That's significantly more information in a complaint than a settlement, which typically happens when both parties tell the judge to dismiss the claim. There's often no public announcement, so at best the press can say we believe there's been a settlement but we do not know what the terms were. There's literally nothing to report other than the case is no longer active. Settlements are done in part to limit the disclosure of information that might come to light during a public trial. So unless there's a post-settlement leak (legally risky), a public announcement (with details limited by the NDA) by one of the law firms involved, or a public consent decree (when the government is litigating), there's not a lot to be learned other than someone blinked.