https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Legal Issues category en-us Tue, 26 May 2026 23:11:26 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665441-french-scientologists-guilty-of-fraud Marseilles court has convicted five members of the Church of Scientology of fraud for extorting large payments from vulnerable members for dubious cures. [BBC News] Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:19:38 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665441 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665444-german-us-scientology-row Germany and the United States are to discuss their disagreements over the Church of Scientology. [BBC News] Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:53:02 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665444 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665445-germany-cant-decide-if-scientology-is-a-religion A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on whether or not Scientology can be considered a religion. [BBC News] Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:56:05 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665445 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665454-dismissal-of-scientology-libel-suit-upheld Federal appeals court upholds earlier ruling that the Church of Scientology failed to show malice on the part of journalist Richard Behar, author of the Time magazine exposé "Scientology: The Cult of Greed." [New York Law Journal] Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:17:20 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665454 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665442-french-scientology-trial A French prosecutor has asked a court in Marseille to jail a former leader of the Church of Scientology who has been accused of obtaining large sums of money by fraud from other members of the Church. [BBC News] Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:06:25 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665442 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665446-germany-religious-dispute A German federal court has been hearing a case which could decide if restrictions on the Church of Scientology in Germany are legal. [BBC News] Mon, 02 Jun 2025 08:48:38 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665446 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665428-scientology-vs-panoussis-ruling Readers discuss the verdict of the Swedish High Court, which upheld a lower court's ruling that Zenon Panoussis had infringed Scientology's copyright. Includes comments from Arnie Lerma and Karin Spaink. [Slashdot] Fri, 02 May 2025 20:40:27 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665428 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665439-concerns-over-church-of-scientology A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on the legal status of Scientology -- after years of international debate. [BBC News]. Sun, 20 Apr 2025 23:19:33 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665439 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665432-fishman-affidavit A copy of the declaration filed by Steven Fishman in Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz. OT2 and 3 are bowdlerized to comply with Dutch law. Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:41:28 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665432 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7665425-church-of-scientology-international-v-fishman-and-geertz A selection of publicly-available legal documents filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:44:08 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7665425