One likely scenario is, Burford and the litigators didn't believe it had a hope in hell of winning, and was prepared to take whatever settlement could be got. Why throw good money after bad?
If there was a high expectation of winning, then like a dog with a bone, you would persist, right?
The bad news is, Burford will take their undisclosed fee (read as: embarrassingly large, so SDL cannot reveal that), then probably the noteholders get whatever is left over.
Maybe invest in the bloodsuckers that take advantage of companies in distress?
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