Having removed the cut & paste that I did of your original summary, and replacing them with actual post links and corrected date, the chronology goes back to my original post:
“That’s shockingly how lawsuits tend to work.”
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Here, let me help you with your disingenuous excerpt. You’re never - ever - going to beat me at this because, unlike you, I do research.
“Wardell jumped in then to explain that he and Reiche hammered out the details of the entire settlement in a conversation lasting a couple of hours. The collection of attorneys attached to the case then spent several weeks transforming the quick agreement into a formalized settlement offer.”