[AlbertCory]

At Google I did a piece of research, along with a statistician, of whether it's better to settle or fight.

"Better" would mean you don't get sued as much in the future, because you're a hard target and not easy money.

They haven't released this study, AFAIK.

[bryanrasmussen]

your definition of "better" implies the results of the study, although you did not specifically say it.

[AlbertCory]

That's because it's not published, plus a conclusion without any supporting data and methodology is pretty worthless.