The settlement deal does not remove either party from the larger case, as both Dell and Samsung are still suing, and being sued by, the other companies involved in the case. Still, the settlement will be a welcome bit of good news for Samsung at a time when the Korean consumer electronics giant sorely needs it. With the long-running safety worries over the Galaxy Note's fire hazard having now erupted into a full-fledged crisis and global recall, Samsung's stock price has plunged and analysts have already predicted that fallout from the incident could result in millions of customers jumping ship to rival vendors such as Apple. ®