This is a very brave move for Grant because it's going to definitely bring a spotlight to his life.

Yeah.

And it's not going to be comfortable, but damn it, he's standing up for himself.

And so we want to give him kudos for that.

And what a good learning lesson for all of us to see something like this play out where

from the sidelines, there's lots of lessons to learn.

I really do think there's an important message and takeaway for us and what we're saying online about other people, also about how you can protect your reputation and understanding this defamation law. So no matter what side you're on about it, you're saying something negative about someone, you feel it's important to say that. Make sure you're sticking the facts and it's accurate where you could be on the hook for defamation. And the other hand, if you're on the receiving end of this, you know, where you're getting defamed.

They're saying false stuff about you. You do have a way to go protect yourself legally in court. Welcome everyone to the Main Street Business podcast. Today we have got a big update on a major case in the news and some key takeaways. We want you know Matt Sorenson, Mark Kohler here, two lawyers. Yeah, I'm just trying to be good guys helping out Main Street America. I'd say this is a special edition. Some of you may have just fallen on this podcast is due to the title. You're interested in this big case. What defamation really is. This is not a news flash of what's going on in the

case today. It's about what are the takeaways? Like, what can we learn from this? It's just a person

on social media, let alone a business owner, investor, raising capital. All these things are a lot to

play out here. You can even reference the Johnny Depp case. So we're excited to be here with you.

We help small business owners around the country.

And hopefully you'll be intrigued enough to check out the other podcast episodes. Yeah. We're not prognosticating what's going to happen in the case. Who's going to win or lose? This is about. But there's some important takeaways here. And I think the suit Grant Cardone has brought, he's been bold, I have to say, in bringing this case because he's exposing this.

He's putting himself in the spotlight. The suit Grant Cardone has brought, he's been bold, I have to say, in bringing this case because he's exposing this.

He's putting himself in the spotlight and these issues that Jean Laguerras raised and made claims about that have damaged Grant, we're going to get into those facts as a way to help illustrate what is defamation?

What can you and can't you say online?

What can you say about a person, an influencer, a company online? What can you put in a Google review? We've had, I ran into clients that have been sued or have sued people for reviews that are inaccurate because people get so pissed off. They start saying stuff that's untruthful because they're so upset about the situation. They overindulge and they say that it was really worse than it was and all these things. So we've got to be careful about this. We're to get into what the heck is defamation? How can you use it as a tool to protect yourself? How do you make sure you're not on the other end of it getting sued? Yeah. And we've interviewed Grant here on our show before. We've been to a number of his conferences over the years. We have a lot of real estate investors we represent. And we don't know how this case is going to play out, but we do want to compliment him for being so brave. To defend himself, many of you've thought, boy, that person really said something bad about me on social media or in a situation on stage or who knows what. And you really question, like, should I go at them? What's going to happen if I do? And we're going to talk about that because this is a very brave move for Grant because it's going to definitely bring a spotlight to his life. Yeah. And it's not going to be comfortable. But damn it, he's standing up for himself. And so we want to give him kudos for that. Yeah.

So.

And I think it's, uh, it's, this is an important lesson.

And Johnny Depp is the same.

You only have one reputation.

So you better freaking defend it.

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