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| Since its formation in 1991, ] LLC (LE) has been involved in about a dozen lawsuits in the ] and a few more in ]. | |||
| In about a dozen instances LE has initiated actions to defend itself against what it perceives as malicious or negligent ] comments. Critics of Landmark have portrayed these actions as an assault on ] or an attempt to suppress legitimate comment, whereas LE has insisted that it only seeks to have inaccurate statements corrected and to protect its products from unfair disparagement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/search/?title=File:2004_Landmark_v_Ross_complaint.pdf&page=1 |title=File:2004 Landmark v Ross complaint.pdf - Wikimedia Commons |publisher=Commons.wikimedia.org |accessdate=2013-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/search/?title=File:2004_Landmark_v_Ross_answer.pdf&page=1 |title=File:2004 Landmark v Ross answer.pdf - Wikimedia Commons |publisher=Commons.wikimedia.org |accessdate=2013-04-23}}</ref> | |||
| There have been two cases where actions have been brought against LE alleging harmful results from Landmark’s training programs; and one alleging assault by a member of the company’s staff, but none of these resulted in a ruling in favor of the plaintiff. | |||
| Landmark Education was also mentioned in two cases where actions had been brought against employers who, it was claimed, had forced their staff to participate in Landmark training programs. In neither case was the accusation upheld by the court. | |||
| ==Landmark actions for alleged defamation== | |||
| === Cases in Europe === | |||
| ==== Jean-Pierre Brard==== | |||
| The deputy mayor of Montreuil, who served as the vice-president of the ] (Commission parlementaire sur les sectes en France), was sued in 2004 by Landmark after appearing on the documentary ].<ref name="palmer">{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Susan|authorlink=Susan J. Palmer|title=The New Heretics of France: Minority Religions, la Republique, and the Government-Sponsored ''War on Sects''|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pY5pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|date=2011-09-23|publisher=Oxford UP|isbn=9780199875993|pages=27, 186}}</ref> | |||
| ==Cases alleging adverse effects of Landmark programs== | |||
| === Been vs. Weed and Landmark Education Corporation (2002, 2006) === | |||
| In 2002 the Jeanne Been vs. Jason Weed came before a court, with Landmark Education as a cross-defendant. Jason Weed had experienced a psychotic episode shortly after taking the "Landmark Advanced Course", and shot and killed a letter-carrier, Robert Jenkins, on December 12, 2001. The court found Jason Weed not guilty by reason of insanity. Both the family of the deceased Robert Jenkins and the attorneys for Jason Weed contended that the Landmark Education seminar had driven Weed insane,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Tulsa World|date=April 4, 2004|title=Suit targets firm in postal killing|first=Nicole|last=Marshall|quote=The lawsuit claims that Jason Weed was driven insane by his treatment during a motivational seminar. Attorneys for Jason Weed and the family of the Tulsa postman he killed agree on one thing — that a motivational seminar he attended days before the shooting drove him insane, according to a pending civil suit.}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
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| * , ], ], January 10, 2006, includes Landmark Education's response at bottom, from General Counsel ] | |||
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