The massive class-action lawsuit pitting Quiznos Sub franchisees against the chain’s franchisor moved closer to completion this week as attorneys for both sides appeared at a proposed settlement “fairness” hearing in Chicago.

It will take as much as a couple of weeks for Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer to issue a written ruling about the settlement — which sources have pegged to be valued at more than $100 million — that she tentatively approved last November.