I think it is going to do more damage to GTE and its shareholders if they do not.IMO
If they did it would turn a lot of this around onto Seth and Gentile. Might even provide grounds for the very same claim against MF if it can be shown that GTE were working in good faith to cement this deal.
Principles ?
I believe there are still a couple of lawyers out there with some. I once met one and he told me he knew of another somewhere !
Having principles can be mighty expensive I am afraid . Principles are whatever the judge decides they are on the day.