My take: maybe not advertising the deal is part of
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Conversely: If (as a CEO) you were trying to avoid bad press and see one of the "other" plaintiffs fold and are subsequently PR'd to death so everyone knows what they've done = reputation harmed. I'm just thinking out loud here.
It's obvious they didn't want to provide settlement numbers, otherwise the other plaintiffs would be trying to low-ball us for the same deal XYZ got...