The final statement by Andrew on the subject, which I had forgotten about:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.skeptic/msg/c6a5951cfa4ac2b3 [...] For years, Judy Stein, Lawson English, and other TM propagandists have been claiming that TM's suit was "secretly settled." There was a secret, but it wasn't a settlement. The secret was an agreement made by TM plaintiffs not to refile the suit if JAMA published an article submitted by TM authors. In July 1993, TM authors submitted an article to JAMA. It was sent out for review, considered, and rejected. The article was rewritten and resubmitted to JAMA in Dec. 1993. It was similarly peer reviewed, considered, and rejected. The TM plaintiffs did not refile their suit. The suit was never settled. TM propagandists got away with this deceit for so long because I was not free to discuss the AMA's actions as long as I worked for JAMA. Hell, Chopra's attorney even lied to Newsweek that we had settled with Chopra and the other plaintiffs for an undisclosed amount (Oct. 30, 1997, page 57). Nothing in my article had to be retracted. No apology had to be given. None of us had to give the TM plaintiffs a dime (although we paid a lot to our own lawyers -- no doubt one of the intentions of the TM plaintiffs). Yet for years, TM propagandists have been claiming they won a settlement. Even in defeat the TM movement claims victory. Reminds me of Milosevik's recent claims of victory over NATO.
