Thanks for sharing the timing is absolutely not coincidental. Based on what I had read of the original complaint and then Syncora's response - I honestly believe that Syncora is in the wrong. How much I do not know.
However I have been wrong before on these cases. See Washington Mutual, JP Morgan and DIME litigation trusts. That case still bothers me to no end.
The way that I read this settlement is that there was no disbursements made between the parties with this 'settlement'. So I have to believe you are right that this was tied to the other settlement resolution. Very interesting.