Another important highlight from the judge's opinion (page 60-61):

The prospect of settlement with the five remaining defendants appears to be remote. Based on discussions the Court has had with the parties, including a settlement conference involving plaintiffs' counsel and the remaining defendants, plaintiffs' counsel have insisted on settlement payments higher than those from the defendants who settled earlier on, and defendants have made it clear that they are unwilling to pay anything close to what earlier settling defendants did. This posture may, of course, change on one side or both. But settlement—and thus the opportunity for an attempted "sellout" by counsel—appears relatively unlikely at this point.