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    Fuzzy DunlopBrendan O'Connor
    2/11/16 10:23pm

    Trump’s defamation claim was frivolous and would have certainly been dismissed. His breach of contract claim, on the other hand, had merit. While Univision’s lawyers came up with the best argument they could (that Trump’s conduct had frustrated the purpose of the contract), it was a reach. At the very least the case would have survived a motion to dismiss and summary judgment, and it was in neither side’s interest to take on the risk (and in Trump’s case, embarrassment) of a jury trial, much less the significant attorneys’ fees it would take to get to that point.

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      ARP2Fuzzy Dunlop
      2/11/16 10:31pm

      That $500M was pulled out of his lawyer’s ass, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they settled for a few million.

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      Fuzzy DunlopARP2
      2/11/16 10:34pm

      Oh, the number was certainly bullshit. Claims re the amount of damages in a complaint always are. But he definitely had a chance of prevailing on his breach of contract claim, and if he were to win his damages would have been substantial—not $500 million, but substantial.

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    Fresh Courage TakeBrendan O'Connor
    2/11/16 10:27pm

    He probably took peanuts (comparatively speaking) since his case was so frivolous, even putting aside their knowledge of him being a horse’s ass. The case was rather early in the game, too. If a small business owner, for example, has a fed-ex man who makes bigoted remarks whenever he or she drops off packages at, say, a shoe repair shop, the shop owner can call fed-ex and request, and receive, a new delivery guy immediately. What’s the difference here?

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      Fuzzy DunlopFresh Courage Take
      2/11/16 10:31pm

      If a small business owner, for example, has a fed-ex man who makes bigoted remarks whenever he or she drops off packages at, say, a shoe repair shop, the shop owner can call fed-ex and request, and receive, a new delivery guy immediately. What’s the difference here?

      The small business owner typically doesn’t have a written contract with the fed-ex man. And Univision didn’t simply request a new fed-ex man — they dropped the pageant entirely.

      Trump’s defamation claim (alleging that Univision’s CEO defamed him by comparing him to Dylan Roof) was frivolous. His breach of contract claim was not.

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      Johnny ChundersFresh Courage Take
      2/11/16 10:33pm

      The fuck you tryin’ to say?

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    Jerry-NetherlandBrendan O'Connor
    2/11/16 10:29pm

    He also seems to have settled on a new shade of foundation.

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      chrlyintorontoJerry-Netherland
      2/12/16 5:59am

      Orange is the New Trump.

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    NoyoureignorantBrendan O'Connor
    2/11/16 10:27pm

    Terms of the settlement not disclosed??? Really?? WHO WON??

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      The cow is not allowedNoyoureignorant
      2/12/16 7:30am

      Trump won in the sense that Univision had to give him some money, but Univision won in the sense that they no longer have to be associated with Trump. But a settlement means nobody really won in the sense of a court deciding one party was right and the other was wrong.

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    Bolivia Newton JohnBrendan O'Connor
    2/11/16 10:24pm

    Falco, for his part, said he was “pleased to settle this matter and move forward.”

    Falco continued, “Now that the bridge has been reduced to smoldering embers, I shall happily turn my back and ignore the racist-dipshit on the opposite shore.”

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      This corn is special, Isn't it?Bolivia Newton John
      2/12/16 8:06am

      He then declined to sing a few lines from “Rock Me Amadeus” and ended the press conference.

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    Max CherryBrendan O'Connor
    2/12/16 9:01pm

    I’ll bet the settlement was like $10, so that Trump could save face and Univision could save money on legal fees. Univision should have let this go to trial so that Trump could lose and get embarrassed right in the middle of his campaign.

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      ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and BokeBrendan O'Connor
      2/11/16 11:07pm

      I work for Univision in LA and I heard around the office that Trump settled quickly after they offered him not one, but two luxurious, scalped manes taken from their telenovela stars.

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        IAmNotADamnWriterBrendan O'Connor
        2/11/16 10:38pm

        So does this mean we shouldn't be surprised at what he says and does when he's President? Yeah, I'm really looking forward to that. I hope they follow it all on digital video that streams hourly!

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          Denver is too damn highBrendan O'Connor
          2/12/16 1:01am

          I promise:

          If univision employees are spotted building a wall next week I’ll take trump seriously

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            Hollow_LogBrendan O'Connor
            2/11/16 10:30pm

            Steve Harvey then announced “Ok, folks, I have to apologize. There hasn’t been a resolution. I take full responsibility. Donald Trump is still a racist piece of shit.”

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