AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC said Thursday that it’s “continuing to evaluate next steps” after a judge denied the company’s attempt for a speedier stock conversion and reverse split. AMC announced a settlement earlier this week with shareholders who were suing over the company’s plans to convert APE preferred shares APE into regular AMC shares, and while the two sides asked a judge to lift the status-quo order holding up the conversion, the judge said Wednesday that the parties “offer no good cause to lift” the order. “Unless and until the Court lifts the Status Quo Order,” AMC “will not proceed with filing the…