A Philadelphia-based patients’ advocacy company agreed last week to settle its claim that a West Coast Web page archivist improperly secured copyrighted pages and thereby made them vulnerable to a third party’s hacking.

But Healthcare Advocates Inc.’s suit against the alleged hackers — at a Valley Forge, Pa., law firm, Harding, Earley, Follmer & Frailey — will proceed, says the plaintiff attorney, Scott Christie.