Talk:NXIVM Corp. v. Ross Institute

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http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-jersey/njdce/2:2006cv01051/187115/288

Plain English
If someone were to ask you at a party what this article was all about, how would you tell them in plain English? This article is written for lawyers or other experts, it seems. I want it to be clearer so that ordinary readers can understand what it's saying. Who knows? It might be really important. Please, expert, translate the legalese. Chrisrus (talk) 04:08, 16 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Done   petrarchan47  t  c   04:17, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

I am not an attorney. I am a school teacher. I am educated; however, I find this article hard to understand and had to read it many times to understand it. Qewr4231 (talk) 15:02, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

I know the article links to a page describing the NXIVM; however, it would be great if the NXIVM were explained on this Wikipedia page so that people can better understand this court case. Qewr4231 (talk) 15:07, 11 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Here's what it's about. A business involved in selling training seminars called "NXIVM Corp.", which may or may not be a "cult", depending on which sources one chooses to believe, requires all participants in its training seminars to sign an agreement not to disclose its contents or materials to non-participants.  Some of the people who participated in the training subsequently made disclosures of some of the seminar's contents and materials, their having signed nondisclosure agreements notwithstanding, and NXVIM then sued these people for violating their signed agreements.  This act by the participants was in "bad faith" as they knew that they were doing something which they had already agreed that theey would not do.  However, this fact alone does not mean that their disclosures rose to a level that was so pernicious that they had to be stopped by prior restraint.  The reasoning was that these disclosures were made primarily to critique the company's seminar and its methods, which can hardly be done without disclosing important facts about what they comprise.  It was further found that there was no particular "heart" or main point of the seminar which was being revealed which constituted the disclosure of an important "trade secret" -- in other words, there is no "Secret Family Recipie" which is being given away here which would irreparably damage the business.  2600:1004:B11C:C72C:7C6A:163C:2B8C:7B8C (talk) 22:00, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

2600:1004:B11C:C72C:7C6A:163C:2B8C:7B8C (talk) 21:54, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

NXIVM v. Ross dismissed by federal judge
The NXIVM v. Ross lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge in December of last year. All claims by plaintiff against all defendants other than Stephanie Franco were dismissed. All claims against Rick Ross and the Ross Institute, now known as the Cult Education Institute were dismissed. Rick Alan Ross (talk) 16:22, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok, so please go ahead and make the edit. Chrisrus (talk) 20:25, 15 April 2017 (UTC)