Actually Spider-Man did not settle; his director, Julie Taymor, did, for a lot of money: ‘Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark’ producers, musical director Julie Taymor reach super settlement – NY Daily News.
So that was the gloss lawsuit. Here’s the deep one, as recorded in the New York Times: “The federal government has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by 11 Latino immigrants who were arrested in 2007 in a series of immigration raids at their homes in New Haven…”
As the sorbet to the heavy meal of Broadway big bucks, you might like to read the whole article.