Blink,
I just read the document and it shows that Rick Blackburn was excluded on the PLAINTIFF side which means that he did not want to accept the $600K settlement. That matches with the IR response. If he was a defendant, I would be more concerned.
Now, I don't argue that being associated with questionable people is a bad thing but I would think during a lawsuit a lot of people are associated to "questionable" people. If that was not the case, there would never be a need for a lawsuit.
Don't know...interesting information, but I don't see enough to make a conclusion...