> while this settlement does not admit wrongdoing Settlements basically never admit wrongdoing, that is a big motivation to doing them. It is safe to assume th

> while this settlement does not admit wrongdoing Settlements basically never admit wrongdoing, that is a big motivation to doing them. It is safe to assume that companies that are willing to settle are doing so because if they go to court they will be found guilty and the facts will be on record. To avoid that, companies pay money to make the problem go away. We should be calling these bribes, but the legal system calls them settlements.