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Landmark Education

 

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Topics

Outrageous Betrayal
Reports and Articles
Labor Violations Investigations
Litigation
Personal Stories
Special Reports

 

 

Outrageous Betrayal

Outrageous Betrayal The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile, by Steven Pressman

 

Reports and Articles

The Return of Werner Erhard, Father of Self-Help

News Summary: Café Gratitude says Landmark Education training is part of its "culture"

Ben Carson Hired a Magic-Loving, Castle-Owning, Crisis-Management "Fireman" to Plot His 2016 Bid

How 'The Wiz' was inspired by a mysterious 'cult'

Alberta Health Services hired 'coach' to implement Landmark ideology
AHS employee complaint over Landmark seminars sparks review

Alberta Health Services staff pressured to attend controversial seminars

Landmark Education targeting Indians with its overpriced courses

Lunch with the FT: Werner Erhard
Department chops $80,000 'charisma' seminar
"Aggressive Lawsuits" Forcing Café Gratitude to Close All NorCal Locations, L.A. Restaurant Not Affected
General Tso, Meet Steven Covey
The Magus
News Summary: "60 Minutes" broadcast about Werner Erhard
Café Est?
42 Hours, $500, 65 Breakdowns: My lost weekend with the trademark happy, bathroom-break hating, slightly spooky inheritors of est
"Landmark Education" Background Briefing
The Landmark debate
My Landmark Experience
Bondage Boss is bad seed: Suit
Suit Against Sperm-Bank Firm Claims Sexual Harassment and Cult-Like Behavior
Defence Dept under fire over professional development spending
Defence workers trained by 'cult'
Defence sends staff on 'cult' courses
We pay for seminars
Questions over Tory forum
The untold story of Lululemon
New school to open amid high hopes
Stress fear in $700 child forum
Characteristics of participants in the Forum, psychotherapy clients, and control participants: A comparative study --The British Psychological Society
Tuition expenses probed
The Cult of Fashion
With the gurus wearing neckties
Defending Your Life
Fears as 'life-change' firm recruits in Brum
Weekend Miracle or Unknown Risk?
French Documentary Transcript: "Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus"
France 3 documentary: "Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus"
I thought I'd be brainwashed. But how wrong could I be...
Turn up, tune in, transform?
A Landmark Encounter
A Landmark subculture through the Internet?
Controversial organization assigns participants community work
Old EST bigger than ever
IRS refuses to release information about alleged government spending on celebrity guru's courses
Chancellor Says Transformation, Biologists Say Mumbo-Jumbo
Is the IRS paying the bill for employees to take a celebrity guru's seminars?
'Transformation' in a Weekend?
'Not woman we knew'
Gilliland's effort to revamp UMKC well under way
Brain Wash
Mindbreakers
Pay Money, Be Happy
Landmark Training 'Cost Me My Job'
Landmark: Come and See for Yourself
Controversial Training Funded by Taxpayers
Landmark Session Leads to Counseling
Crown Health Spends $20,000 on Staff 'Therapy'
Case in Point
Head Shrinker
Wills' Chile leader is in "brainwashing" sect
Drive-thru Deliverance
The First Step
Microsoft Paid For Culty Clinics
In the grip of the therapy tough-guys
The Tupperware trade in happiness
Victims Lured Into Baring Their Souls By Mind Games
Professionals Fall Prey To New Age Gurus
The Forum: Cult or comfort?
Soul Training
A Harvard Forum For Self-Promotion?
The Con-Forumists
Do you believe in Miracles?
Response to Quest Magazine Article
Green Party detects a scandal in hall rental
Soul Strip Tease
The Best Of Est?
The est of Friends
Landmark Education: Experience, Investigation, Research & Analysis
Why We Love Gurus
The est in the business
True Believers
When it comes to Landmark Education Corporation, There's no meeting of the Minds.
White collar cults, they want your mind ...
Mind game courses aimed at public sector workers
New Age Guru Goes into Hiding
Abstracts of Articles in Psychological Journals concerning est and The Forum

Labor Violations Investigations

2006 Landmark Labor Violation Investigations Texas
Landmark Education Labor Violations in California
U.S. Department of Labor investigation of Landmark Education in Dallas, Texas assigned
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: Erhard v IRS
1996 Landmark Labor Violation Investigations Colorado
U.S. Department of Labor investigation of Landmark Education in Denver, Colorado report completed

Litigation

Employee sued vegan Cafe Gratitude over alleged labor violations

Goldman v 21st Century Democrats summary info
Goldman v 21st Century Democrats errata
Goldman v 21st Century Democrats complaint
Goldman v 21st Century Democrats civil cover sheet
Mother of slain mailman sues alleged killer, company
2006 December Weed Landmark Publication Notice
Settlement Agreement
Letter to Edmund Choy
Self-Help Group Backs Off Attack on Internet Critic
Landmark Forum's Internet Censorship Campaign Goes Down Under
Cease and Desist Letter
Google faces legal challenges over video service
Draft Motion to Quash Landmark Subpoena
EFF and Landmark: Cards on the Table
Landmark and the Internet Archive
Bogus Copyright Claim Squelches Free Speech, EFF Claims
The Cult Cracker
Landmark Education suffers humiliating legal defeat in New Jersey Federal Court
Landmark Education lawsuit likely to become another landmark for freedom of information on the Internet

The Landmark Education Litigation Archive:
with an Introduction by Rick Ross's Attorneys

Introduction to the Landmark Education litigation archive

Landmark v. Ross - Pleadings
Complaint
Answer

Landmark v. Ross - Landmark Discovery Applications

Letter Application for Protective Order
Letter Application to Discover Identities of Anonymous Users
Letter from Berkman Center for Internet & Society to Judge Falk

Landmark v. Ross - Motion to Dismiss

Landmark R41 Motion

Brief
Schreiber Declaration
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Exhibit C
Exhibit D
Exhibit E
Exhibit F
Exhibit G
Exhibit H
Exhibit I
Exhibit J
Exhibit K
Exhibit L
Exhibit M
Lerner Declaration
Memorandum and Order Granting Landmark's Motion to Dismiss

Letters to Court re Voluntary Dismissal

Letter from Lans to J.Falk
4-1-05 Letter Exhibits A to F
Letter from Skolnik to J.Falk
Letter Exhibits


Ross Discovery Application
Ross Moving Papers
Letter_to_J.Falk
Exhibits

Landmark Opp Papers

Letter to J. Falk

 

Ross Reply Papers
5-25-2005 Letter to J. Falk
Exhibits to 5-25-05 Letter


Landmark Sur-Reply
Letter to Falk & Schreiber Declaration
Ex_A_to_B
Transcript of Oral Argument and Magistrate's Decision

Misc. Documents
1999 Letter from Schreiber to Ross
1999 Letter Response from Ross to Schreiber
2000 Landmark minutes authorizing lawsuit against Ross
2002 Landmark minutes re litigation against Ross
AFF letter to M. Leaf
Agreement and related papers documenting Werner Erhard's sale of assets

Other

Landmark Litigation


Landmark Lawsuits
Cult Awareness Network
Complaint
Second Amended Complaint
Supp. Exhibit to Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint
Memorandum of Law in Support of Kisser Motion for SJ
Resolution of CAN Board
Settlement Agreement with CAN
Statement of Cynthia Kisser
Docket

Doe
Doe I file.Complaint, Voluntary Dismissal and other Docs
Doe II file.Complaint and Voluntary Dismissal

Elle Magazine
Landmark Education Corp. Sues Elle Magazine for Libel
Complaint
Opinion Granting Motion to Dismiss

Garvey
Notice with Summons

NOW Magazine
Notice of Libel
Notice of Discontinuance
Apology

Pressman
Pressman Complaint

Pressman Motion to Strike and Demurrer

Pressman Memo in Support of Motion to Strike
Pressman Memo in Support of Demurrer
Landmark Opposition to Motion to Strike
Landmark Opposition to DemurrerPDF
Pressman Reply Papers

Landmark Motion for Continuance

Landmark Motion
Pressman Opposition
Landmark Reply
Order
Transcript of November 18, 1997 Proceedings
Order 2


Landmark Motion to Compel Answers to Deposition Questions

Landmark Motion
Pressman Opposition
Pressman Declaration
Alexander Declaration
Landmark Reply
Order

Landmark Motion for Sanctions

Landmark Motion
Pressman Opposition
Alexander Declaration
Landmark Reply
Docket

Self Magazine
Complaint
Answer
Brief in Support of Defendants' Motion for SJ
Brief in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for SJ
Reply Brief in Further Support of Defendants' Motion for SJ
Opinion Denying SJ
Confidentiality Order
Notice of Appeal
Settlement Agreement
Stipulation of Dismissal
Docket

Singer

Singer Special Motion to Strike
Singer Special Motion to Strike
Singer declaration
Exh J to Singer decl
Jalich declaration
Jahss declaration
Declaration of Stephen Pressman in support of special motion to strike
Order denying defendant's special motion to strikeNew York Complaint
California Complaint
Settlement Agreement
Landmark's Singer statement
Stip. for protective order re confidentiality
Docket

Lawsuits Filed Against Landmark
Been v. Weed
Landmark Education defendant in wrongful death lawsuit
Third Amended Petition
Plaintiff's Response to Defendant Landmark Mtn Dismiss Plntf
Plaintiff's Response to Defendant Landmark Mtn Interlocutory
Been v. Weed Final Judgment
Been v. Weed Order Denying Plaintiff's Motion to Vacate Entry of Judgment
Case Information: JEANNE BEEN as Next of Friend of ROBERT JENKINS, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. JASON M WEED, Defendant, and LANDMARK EDUCATION CORPORATION, Defendant.

Neff
Lawsuit against Landmark
Scanned Pages of Lawsuit
Neff Resp to Landmark Motion for SJ
Neff Resp to Landmark Motion for SJ - Exhibit list
Neff Resp to Landmark Motion for SJ - Ex's A3, A4, A11, A15, A16
Neff Affidavit
Neff Landmark Application Form
Excerpts from Deposition of Arthur Schreiber
Ross Affidavit
Brockner Affidavit
Agreed final judgment
Docket
Est of ’90s hit with lawsuit


Ney
Opinion of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Quigley
Complaint
Order denying reconsideration and transferring to arbitration
Docket

Personal Stories

"Heartbroken...because the man I've been in love with...swallowed by Landmark Forum."
"Landmark...IS brainwashing"
My Journey into Wonderland and how I woke up to find I was in Hell
"Concerned about the motives of this for-profit business"
Man with Ph.D. earns $7.87 per hour at Landmark Education as "life coach"
Reno man called kin after judge was shot
"The hook for me was the trust in my new girlfriend"
"I thought the group is harmful and negative and cult-like"
Landmark Forum…just the latest version of the Wild West Medicine Show
An Indian Landmark Graduate prays "that not many people fall into their trap"
"They charged a lot of money for the ‘racket’ they operate"
"Landmark was the first and only thing that has ever threatened our relationship"
"I just want others to know there
is risk involved"
A Sunday dropout
"I simply moved on"
"Thank goodness, my family did not wait"
"I remain baffled"
"This cannot be healthy emotionally"
"I lost my best friend"
"Is it possible to have a relationship with someone in Landmark?"
"I 'GOT IT.' How many times do you have to 'GET IT'?"
"I hate Landmark for taking my best friend"
"Landmark itself is a racket"
"My friends like I, are the target audience"
"I am firing you as my coach for empowerment"
"A large room full of 'Gold Tags'"
"Landmark ruined a good friend"
"Out of Control"?
"Landmark Education won't be seeing me or my money again"
Hard Sales Pitch
From the Forum to the hospital
Landmark is not education
Walked out of a "Forum" during its second day
"Nothing has changed"
"Almost sucked into going to an introductory meeting"
"Emotionally hooked to a never ending process of introspection and self-analysis"
"I felt awful for ages!"
"The guilt-pitch"
Landmark Education destroyed my life--from the Forum to a psych ward
The people seem so sincere and really believe what they are saying
"Not interested in people--but only money"
"Big Brother was indeed watching"
A "Quick Fix"?
My Experience with Landmark Education
The High Pressure Sales Pitch
"I'm glad I did research before I got sucked into this thing"
"Landmark Forum is a very aggressive and selfish program"

Special Reports

Religiosity Rejected: Exploring the Religio-Spiritual Dimensions of Landmark Education

Description of the Behavioral Structure of the Training
Part 1--The process and ecology of the Forum
Part 2--The Structure: First Sights Of The Forum
Part 3--The Forum Begins: The Curriculum and Pedagogy
Part 4--The Curriculum of The Forum
Part 5--The Pedagogy of The Forum
The Mary Polaski L Series

For additional information see The Forum and Est.

"Werner Erhard" also known as John Paul

Rosenberg, Jack Rosenberg, Jack Frost,

Werner Spits and Curt Wilhelm VonSavage

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List of articles in category Landmark Education
Title
"Aggressive Lawsuits" Forcing Cafe Gratitude to Close All NorCal Locations, L.A. Restaurant Not Affected
"Heartbroken...because the man I've been in love with...swallowed by Landmark Forum."
"Landmark Education" Background Briefing
"Landmark...IS brainwashing"
42 Hours, $500, 65 Breakdowns: My lost weekend with the trademark happy, bathroom-break hating,slightly spooky inheritors of est
Bondage Boss is bad seed: Suit
Café Est?
Defence Dept under fire over professional development spending
Defence sends staff on 'cult' courses
Defence workers trained by 'cult'
Department chops $80,000 'charisma' seminar
General Tso, Meet Steven Covey
Lunch with the FT: Werner Erhard
My Journey into Wonderland and how I woke up to find I was in Hell
My Landmark Experience
Questions over Tory forum
Suit Against Sperm-Bank Firm Claims Sexual Harassment and Cult-Like Behavior
The est in the business
The Landmark debate
The Magus
The Tupperware trade in happiness
We pay for seminars
1999 Letter from Schreiber to Ross
1999 Letter Response from Ross to Schreiber
2000 Landmark minutes authorizing lawsuit against Ross
2002 Landmark minutes re litigation against Ross
4-1-05 Letter Exhibits A to F
5-25-2005 Letter to J. Falk
AFF letter to M. Leaf
Agreed final judgment
Agreement and related papers documenting Werner Erhard's sale of assets
Alexander Declaration
Alexander DeclarationLandmark Reply
Apology
Brief
Brief in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for SJ
Brief in Support of Defendants' Motion for SJ
Brockner Affidavit
California Complaint
Case Information: JEANNE BEEN as Next of Friend of ROBERT JENKINS, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. JASON M WEED, Defendant, and LANDMARK EDUCATION CORPORATION, Defendant.
Confidentiality Order
Declaration of Stephen Pressman in support of special motion to strike
Doe I file.Complaint, Voluntary Dismissal and other Docs
Doe II file.Complaint and Voluntary Dismissal
Ex_A_to_B
Excerpts from Deposition of Arthur Schreiber
Exh J to Singer decl
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Exhibit C
Exhibit D
Exhibit E
Exhibit F
Exhibit G
Exhibit H
Exhibit I
Exhibit J
Exhibit K
Exhibit L
Exhibit M
Exhibits
Exhibits to 5-25-05 Letter
Jahss declaration
Jalich declaration
Landmark Motion
Landmark Opposition to DemurrerPDF
Landmark Opposition to Motion to Strike
Landmark Reply
Landmark's Singer statement
Lerner Declaration
Letter Exhibits
Letter from Berkman Center for Internet & Society to Judge Falk
Letter from Lans to J.Falk
Letter from Skolnik to J.Falk
Letter to Falk & Schreiber Declaration
Letter to J. Falk
Letter_to_J.Falk
Memorandum and Order Granting Landmark's Motion to Dismiss
Memorandum of Law in Support of Kisser Motion for SJ
Neff Affidavit
Neff Landmark Application Form
Neff Resp to Landmark Motion for SJ
Neff Resp to Landmark Motion for SJ - Ex's A3, A4, A11, A15, A16
Neff Resp to Landmark Motion for SJ - Exhibit list
Notice of Appeal
Notice of Discontinuance
Notice of Libel
Notice with Summons
Opinion Denying SJ
Opinion Granting Motion to Dismiss
Opinion of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Order
Order 2
Order denying defendant's special motion to strike
Order denying defendant's special motion to strikeNew York Complaint
Order denying reconsideration and transferring to arbitration
Pressman Complaint
Pressman Declaration
Pressman Memo in Support of Demurrer
Pressman Memo in Support of Motion to Strike
Pressman Opposition
Pressman Reply Papers
Reply Brief in Further Support of Defendants' Motion for SJ
Resolution of CAN Board
Ross Affidavit
Schreiber Declaration
Second Amended Complaint
Settlement Agreement with CAN
Singer declaration
Singer Special Motion to Strike
Statement of Cynthia Kisser
Stip. for protective order re confidentiality
Stipulation of Dismissal
Supp. Exhibit to Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint
Transcript of November 18, 1997 Proceedings
Transcript of Oral Argument and Magistrate's Decision
Microsoft Paid For Culty Clinics
'Not woman we knew'
'Transformation' in a Weekend?
"A large room full of 'Gold Tags'"
"Almost sucked into going to an introductory meeting"
"Big Brother was indeed watching"
"Concerned about the motives of this for-profit business"
"Emotionally hooked to a never ending process of introspection and self-analysis"
"I 'GOT IT.' How many times do you have to 'GET IT'?"
"I am firing you as my coach for empowerment"
"I felt awful for ages!"
"I hate Landmark for taking my best friend"
"I just want others to know there is risk involved"
"I lost my best friend"
"I remain baffled"
"I simply moved on"
"I thought the group is harmful and negative and cult-like"
"I'm glad I did research before I got sucked into this thing"
"Is it possible to have a relationship with someone in Landmark?"
"Landmark Education won't be seeing me or my money again"
"Landmark Forum is a very aggressive and selfish program"
"Landmark itself is a racket"
"Landmark ruined a good friend"
"Landmark was the first and only thing that has ever threatened our relationship"
"My friends like I, are the target audience"
"Not interested in people--but only money"
"Nothing has changed"
"Out of Control"?
"Thank goodness, my family did not wait"
"The guilt-pitch"
"The hook for me was the trust in my new girlfriend"
"They charged a lot of money for the ‘racket’ they operate"
"This cannot be healthy emotionally"
1996 Landmark Labor Violation Investigations Colorado
2006 Landmark Labor Violation Investigations Texas
A "Quick Fix"?
A Harvard Forum For Self-Promotion?
A Landmark Encounter
A Sunday dropout
Abstracts of Articles in Psychological Journals concerning est and The Forum
AHS employee complaint over Landmark seminars sparks review
Alberta Health Services hired 'coach' to implement Landmark ideology
Alberta Health Services staff pressured to attend controversial seminars
An Indian Landmark Graduate prays "that not many people fall into their trap"
Answer
Ben Carson Hired a Magic-Loving, Castle-Owning, Crisis-Management "Fireman" to Plot His 2016 Bid
Bogus Copyright Claim Squelches Free Speech, EFF Claims
Brain Wash
Case in Point
Complaint
Controversial Training Funded by Taxpayers
Crown Health Spends $20,000 on Staff 'Therapy'
Defending Your Life
Do you believe in Miracles?
Docket
Drive-thru Deliverance
EFF and Landmark: Cards on the Table
Employee sued vegan Cafe Gratitude over alleged labor violations
Est of ’90s hit with lawsuit
Fears as 'life-change' firm recruits in Brum
France 3 documentary: "Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus"
French Documentary Transcript: "Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus"
From the Forum to the hospital
Gilliland's effort to revamp UMKC well under way
Google faces legal challenges over video service
Green Party detects a scandal in hall rental
Hard Sales Pitch
Head Shrinker
I thought I'd be brainwashed. But how wrong could I be...
In the grip of the therapy tough-guys
Introduction to the Landmark Education litigation archive
Landmark and the Internet Archive
Landmark Education
Landmark Education Corp. Sues Elle Magazine for Libel
Landmark Education destroyed my life--from the Forum to a psych ward
Landmark Education Labor Violations in California
Landmark Education targeting Indians with its overpriced courses
Landmark Education Visitor Comments
Landmark Education: Experience, Investigation, Research & Analysis
Landmark Forum's Internet Censorship Campaign Goes Down Under
Landmark Forum…just the latest version of the Wild West Medicine Show
Landmark is not education
Landmark Session Leads to Counseling
Landmark Settles Personal Injury Suit -- Scanned Pages of Suit
Landmark Training 'Cost Me My Job'
Landmark: Come and See for Yourself
Letter Application for Protective Order
Letter Application to Discover Identities of Anonymous Users
Man with Ph.D. earns $7.87 per hour at Landmark Education as "life coach"
Mind game courses aimed at public sector workers
Mindbreakers
Mother of slain mailman sues alleged killer, company
My Experience with Landmark Education
Neff vs. Landmark Education
New Age Guru Goes into Hiding
New school to open amid high hopes
News Summary: Café Gratitude says Landmark Education training is part of its "culture"
Outrageous Betrayal The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile, by Steven Pressman
Pay Money, Be Happy
Professionals Fall Prey To New Age Gurus
Reno man called kin after judge was shot
Responseto Quest Magazine Article"
Self-Help Group Backs Off Attack on Internet Critic
Settlement Agreement
Soul Strip Tease
Soul Training
Stress fear in $700 child forum
The Best Of Est?
The Con-Forumists
The Cult of Fashion
The est of Friends
The First Step
The Forum: Cult or comfort?
The High Pressure Sales Pitch
The Mary Polaski "L" Series
The people seem so sincere and really believe what they are saying
The Return of Werner Erhard, Father of Self-Help
The untold story of Lululemon
True Believers
Tuition expenses probed
Turn up, tune in, transform?
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: Erhard v IRS
Victims Lured Into Baring Their Souls By Mind Games
Walked out of a "Forum" during its second day
Weekend Miracle or Unknown Risk?
When it comes to Landmark Education Corporation, There's no meeting of the Minds.
White collar cults, they want your mind ...
Wills' Chile leader is in "brainwashing" sect
With the gurus wearing neckties
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