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December 3, 2024 – 2:19 pm

Last week I wrote about the apology from Salem Media to Mr. Mark Andrews for defaming him as an illegal voter in a film it distributed. Yesterday, the creator of the film, Dinesh D’Souza, issued a statement of apology to Mr. Andrews. In the film, “2000 Mules,” Mr. Andrews is depicted as a “mule” who […]

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Christian Media Company Apologizes

November 25, 2024 – 5:33 pm

A Christian company apologized recently to a man it had defamed. Salem Media Group distributed a documentary made by former Christian college president Dinesh D’Souza called 2000 Mules, which purported to explain how the presidential 2020 election results could not be trusted.  It showed various Georgia voters, asserting that they were committing a crime by […]

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No Mediation Sanctions for Lack of Settlement Authority

November 7, 2024 – 9:19 am

In a claim not seen often, a party to a mediation asked for sanctions for the other party’s failure to send someone with full settlement authority to the mediation. After Charles Leach died in his Tesla, which crashed and caught fire in 2021, his widow, on behalf of his estate, sued Tesla for wrongful death […]

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“Settle Quickly with Your Adversary”

October 5, 2024 – 2:32 pm

A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Johnny Hunt, sued the SBC last year in federal court for defamation. This summer, the court (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee) ordered the parties into mediation. They reportedly met in mediation for one day last month, on September 19, 2024, but did […]

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Encouraging Christian Conciliation Clauses

June 20, 2024 – 10:54 am

Christians who do not want to end up in court with other Christians can use Christian conciliation clauses in their contracts, to ensure that any dispute goes through mediation and arbitration rather than litigation. This has been the message of Peacemaker Ministries for decades. We’re happy to see that Telios Law is promoting this concept […]

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