I think the fly is wrong .
The lawsuit has been filed against the FDIC, and the FDIC owes a lot more than $18-20B.
WMI is not going to drop the suit because it is a slam-dunk case.
Money from the FDIC will be a settlement, which is not a buyout.
There is no such thing as a settlement/buyout.
A buyout is different than a settlement, and if the devil really wants to take it over, then the devil will have to pay for it.
The 6 months - yr might be right, but by then WMI will already be out of BK.
If the FDIC settles in 6 months, that means that WMI will be worth more, which means that if the devil, or anybody else, wants to take them over, then they will have to pay more for them in 6 months.
I think your little fly is full of $hit.