If a creditor wins a judgment against you, it can take all the money in that local bank account you set up to pay for eventual settlements. (scribnerbankruptcylaw.com)
The Judicial Assessment is conducted with the aim of assisting eventual settlement of all or part of the claim but it is not necessarily envisaged that settlement negotiations will happen at that stage. (bloomsburylawonline.com)
On the other end, if Universal Pictures put out a Mickey Mouse movie without an agreement with Disney, you can bet as soon as Disney got wind of it the legal papers would be flying and there would be big money involved, both in lawyers and the eventual settlement or court awarded damages. (indiesunlimited.com)