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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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Christian Contract Clause Could Help

April 24, 2024 – 9:46 am

Reports that recently-terminated Calvin University President Wiebe Boer is suing his former employer bring sadness: another lawsuit among Christians. This dispute could have avoided court altogether if the parties had included in their employment contract a clause to that effect. The Institute for Christian Conciliation has long promoted its contract clause for that reason: it […]

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Help for Pastors in Conflict

April 16, 2024 – 11:10 am

The bad news — according to a recent survey discussed in an article by David Roach posted yesterday in Christianity Today — is that more pastors are leaving their ministry due to conflict. The good news is that God can bring healing out of conflict, and He is using ministries like Peacemaker Ministries to bring […]

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