Companies in general don't care about winning. They just care about costs as well as focus. What would they gain in return for years of legal bills?
Here's a perfect illustration: You know that recent article that came out about Google not paying their temp employees fairly? Well were you aware of that problem before that article came out? If not, apparently full time Google employees weren't either and are now organizing to fix that.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/15/google-un...
It's win-win for employees to go public.