No it dosent. You see, dear bubby, here is where the logic cuts. You, that is...
the plantiff who settles gets what they wanted, money/restitution of some sort. That was the intent of the law suit. They won.
The entity who settles gets nothing. They give. Money, usually. And a lot of it. The one thing that corporations being sued have that the plaintiffs usually dont is unlimited time and vasts amounts of money to abuse the legal system. That unlimited time to litigate and huge pile of cash to play with become the bargaining chip to settle. Id expect a smart guy like you to know that... but then your really not THAT smart. Or honest with yourself.
In the end bubby, its ok. What you and i yap about on this forum is irrelevant to the law. The wt will settle as they always do because they dont want the bad press and they damn sure dont want to turn over the documents. The plaintiffs will be paid with your contributions and the law will have had its day. Theres no problem at all really.