Donald Trump Settled a Real Estate Lawsuit, and a Criminal Case Was Closed (Published 2016)The Trump SoHo building, a 46-story luxury condominium-hotel in Lower Manhattan.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times For Donald J. Trump, it is a long-held legal strategy, if not a point of pride, to avoid knuckling under to plaintiffs in court. “I don’t settle lawsuits — very rare — because once you settle lawsuits, everybody sues you,” he said recently. But Mr. Trump made an exception when b
