Editing Werner Erhard (section)

=== Landmark Education ===
{{main|Landmark Worldwide}}

In 1991, the group that later formed [[Landmark Education]] purchased Erhard's intellectual property. In 1998, ''Time'' magazine published an article<ref name="timearticle">{{cite magazine| url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,138763,00.html| title=The Best Of Est?| magazine=TIME| date=June 24, 2001| first=Charlotte| last=Faltermayer| access-date=October 13, 2020| archive-date=October 19, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019210524/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,138763,00.html| url-status=live}}</ref> about Landmark Education and its historical connection to Erhard. The article stated: "In 1991, before he left the U.S., Erhard sold the 'technology' behind his seminars to his employees, who formed a new company called the Landmark Education Corp., with Erhard's brother Harry Rosenberg at the helm." According to Landmark Education, its programs have as their basis ideas originally developed by Erhard, but Erhard has no financial interest, ownership, or management role in Landmark Education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landmarkeducation.com/display_content.jsp?top=26&mid=658 |title=Landmark Education, media Q&A |publisher=Landmarkeducation.com |access-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213154/http://www.landmarkeducation.com/display_content.jsp?top=26&mid=658 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In ''Stephanie Ney v. Landmark Education Corporation'' (1994), a court ruled that Landmark Education Corporation did not have successor-liability to Werner Erhard & Associates, the corporation whose assets it purchased.<ref>Appendix A. Text of Court Ruling in Ney Case – Source: LEXIS-NEXIS – STEPHANIE NEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LANDMARK EDUCATION CORPORATION; RON ZELLER, Defendants-Appellees, and WERNER ERHARD; WERNER ERHARD AND ASSOCIATES; PETER SIAS, Defendants. – No. 92-1979 – UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT – 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 2373</ref><ref name="pressman-dark"/>{{rp|262}}

According to [[Steven Pressman]]'s 1993 book ''[[Outrageous Betrayal]]'', Landmark Education agreed to pay Erhard a long-term licensing fee for the material used in [[Werner Erhard and Associates|the Forum]] and other courses: "Erhard stood to earn up to $15 million over the next 18 years."<ref name="pressman-dark"/>{{rp|253–255}} But Arthur Schreiber's declaration of May 3, 2005 states: "Landmark Education has never paid Erhard under the license agreements (he assigned his rights to others)."<ref>Declaration filed May 5, 2005 at the US District Court of New Jersey, civil action 04-3022 (JCL), pp 3 and 4</ref>{{primary source inline|date=August 2021}}

In 2001, ''New York Magazine'' reported that Landmark Education CEO Harry Rosenberg said that the company had bought Erhard's license outright and his rights to the business in Japan and Mexico.<ref name="paymoney">[https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/ Pay Money, Be Happy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521161035/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/ |date=May 21, 2011 }}, ''New York Magazine'', [[Vanessa Grigoriadis]], July 9, 2001.</ref> From time to time, Erhard acts as a consultant to Landmark Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landmarkeducation.com/OVERVW/cntrvrsy/default.htm |title=Landmark Education website |date=February 10, 2002 |access-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020210075416/http://www.landmarkeducation.com/OVERVW/cntrvrsy/default.htm |archive-date=February 10, 2002 }}</ref>