IMO, a third party accounting firm hired by the new directors of UOIP should take possession of the settlement and distribute it per corporate law principles. All legal and binding agreements for the lawyers, proper costs for financing, Deirdre's contract and corporate debt would be paid first. Then the inventors get paid per any contract in place, and the balance equally distributed to the shares. Not rocket science, just common sense and fairness to all.
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