Largest insider trading ring in history and still running. To agree to 7 billion you can guarantee they are walking away with at least 60 billion squirreled away unseen.
And that for RenTech to agree to this penalty implies they have a ton of money sitting around that they shouldn’t, given the capacity constrained nature of the Medallion fund.
On these I have no opinion. I may have misinterpreted the commenter.
They might know they would definitely lose in court, and end up with a bigger penalty (on top of more legal expenses).