[Poohbah]

Nowhere did a JUDGE say that.

S&W said that.

HUD said "we just won't enforce it right now." They have NOT said "we're throwing it out."

Boston decided to drop its suits because the other players were saying "millions for defense, not one penny for tribute," and S&W asked Boston for the same treatment, and BOSTON agreed to do so.

No judge issued a ruling.

This ain't over yet, not by a long shot.

[Dead Corpse]

All this has already been hashed out elsewhere on the Web.

Like over here. Legally speaking, the HUD and Boston agreements are dead as the time sensitive portions, and those relating to now defunct lawsuites as stated in the pfd I linked to, are now past with neither side taking action on the contract.