Steven Pressman

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Steven Pressman
Image:Steven Pressman.jpg Steven Pressman, 1993
Born	United States
Occupation	Legal Journalist, Columbia Journalism Review Editor, California Lawyer Magazine Editor, San Francisco Daily Journal Author, Outrageous Betrayal

Steven Pressman is an American legal journalist, freelance journalist, investigative journalist and biographer.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Education 1.2 Author 1.3 Legal Journalist 2 Published works 2.1 Articles 2.2 Books 2.2.1 Outrageous Betrayal 3 Landmark Education Corp. vs. Pressman 3.1 Litigation, Documents 4 References 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Biography

[edit] Education

Pressman obtained his Bachelor's Degree in 1977^[1].

[edit] Author

Pressman is the author of the book Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile, (1993), Published by St. Martin's Press.

[edit] Legal Journalist

Pressman has worked as a newspaper and magazine journalist in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco^[2]. Pressman has been an active journalist since graduating from college in 1977^[3]. Pressman has worked as an editor at the California Lawyer Magazine, and as an editor for the San Francisco Daily Journal^[4], and has written for the Columbia Journalism Review^[5].

[edit] Published works

[edit] Articles

• "Libel Law: Finding the Right Balance", Editorial Research Reports 2, August 18, 1989
• "Taking Cults to Court for Psychological Injuries", New Jersey Law Review, p. 4, March 9, 1992.
• "Mixing Lawyers and Cults", California Bar Magazine, June 1, 1992, p.22, 24.
• "Suit Against New-Age Groups Hit Snags", Legal Times, p14., November 30, 1992.
• Fouling Up Fair Use, Columbia Journalism Review, February 1994
• Church Calls It Quits, the Daily Journal, May 12, 1994
• Libel Law in the United States , An Unfettered Press, U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs, Published by the United States Information Agency, 1994
• "Litigation Noir", California Law, 1994

[edit] Books

[edit] Outrageous Betrayal

• Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile, August 1993, St. Martin's Press
• Chapter 4: A Door to Door Mind Salesman, from The Awareness Archives, copyrighted article is provided under U.S. COPYRIGHT ACT § 108.
• Chapter 7: Enlightenment in Two Weekends - The est Training, from The Awareness Archives, copyrighted article is provided under U.S. COPYRIGHT ACT § 108.

[edit] Landmark Education Corp. vs. Pressman

In 1998, Landmark Education spent months attempting to compel Steven Pressman to respond to deposition questions aimed at obtaining the confidential sources he used for research on Outrageous Betrayal^[6]. The suit was brought under the pretext of compelling discovery for use in the then-active Cult Awareness Network litigation. However, Pressman concluded that the suit was brought primarily to harass him. The discovery commissioner who entered an interim order in the matter, commented that:

it does not appear that the information sought [from Mr. Pressman] is directly relevant or goes to the heart of the [CAN] action, or that alternative sources have been exhausted or are inadequate.

The action against Pressman was dropped after the Cult Awareness Network litigation was settled^[7].

[edit] Litigation, Documents

• Introduction to the Landmark Education litigation archive, Peter L. Skolnik and Michael A. Norwick - Lowenstein Sandler PC, Roseland NJ/February 2006
• Landmark Education litigation archive, see section "Pressman".

[edit] References

1. ^ Pressman memo in support of motion to strike, Landmark Education Corp. vs. Steven Pressman, 1997
2. ^ Pressman, Steven, Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. ISBN 0-312-09296-2
3. ^ Pressman memo in support of motion to strike, Landmark Education Corp. vs. Steven Pressman, 1997
4. ^ Landmark Motion to Compel Answers to Deposition Questions, November 10, 1997,
5. ^ Fouling Up Fair Use , Columbia Journalism Review, February 1994
6. ^ Introduction to the Landmark Education litigation archive, Peter L. Skolnik & Michael A. Norwick, Lowenstein Sandler PC, Roseland NJ/February 2006
7. ^ Landmark Education Litigation Archive, Section: Pressman,

[edit] External links

• Recall in Court, Steven Pressman, guest on "This Week in Northern California", radio program, August 1, 2003, KQED.
• Gay Marriage Bill Advances, guest Steven Pressman, KQED, April 23, 2004.

[edit] See also

• Werner Erhard
• The Hunger Project
• Joan Holmes
• Erhard Seminars Training
• Landmark Education
• Werner Erhard and Associates
• Harry Rosenberg
• Joan Rosenberg
• Nathan Rosenberg
• Harry Margolis
• Stewart Esposito
• St. Martin's Press