[thathndude]

Lawyer clarification incoming:

Summary judgment motions come after the discovery process (the expensive process that often leads to tech companies' dirty little secrets reaching the light of day). If the dollar figure is right, the companies would probably try to settle before summary judgment.

A motion to dismiss, on the other hand, is a pre-discovery mechanism to dismiss claims. These are relatively cheap (by large company standards). I think there's a decent chance this case gets bounced on an MTD.

If it gets past the MTD and into discovery, there's probably an early settlement where the lawyers get paid off.

[bleah1000]

Oops, mixed up my terms. Thanks for the clarification.