How do you manage search results after a company settles a lawsuit?

Settlements are a particular reputation moment because the legal matter is closed but the digital record of the underlying dispute often outlives the resolution by years. The response runs in two streams. The legal-closure stream: authoritative content on owned properties covering the settlement factually, the Wikipedia article updated with sourced citations of the resolution, the Knowledge Panel refreshed where applicable, settlement documentation made discoverable through structured data. The legacy-content stream: AIQ™ monitoring across the AI engines because they cite legacy articles heavily and continue describing the matter as live long after closure; targeted earned media that gives journalists reason to cover the resolution as news; source-level correction requests where outlets are still treating the matter as ongoing. The SERP and AI narrative rebalance over six to twelve months as the resolution content accumulates authority and the legacy coverage decays in relevance.