Hardly. Modest settlement offers to make a problem go away are very common, even when companies don't expect to lose. Also, the difference between "expect to w

Hardly. Modest settlement offers to make a problem go away are very common, even when companies don't expect to lose. Also, the difference between "expect to win" and "expect to lose" can be the difference between 49% and 51%. Civil cases turn on simple preponderance of the evidence.