Editing Scientology and law (section)

==== Cult Awareness Network ====
{{Main|Cult Awareness Network#Jason Scott case|New Cult Awareness Network}}
The [[Cult Awareness Network]] (CAN) was driven into bankruptcy in 1996 in part by a number of Scientology-related lawsuits.<ref>{{cite news |first=Steven |last=Goldsmith |title=Sect member awarded $5&nbsp;million in kidnap case |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1995/9510010074.asp |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=September 30, 1995 |access-date=2007-12-29 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> As the TV news program ''[[60 Minutes]]'' reported in 1997, Scientologists filed over fifty lawsuits against the non-profit organization, which spent over $2&nbsp;million on its legal defense. After one court handed down a judgment of $1&nbsp;million against CAN, the organization filed for bankruptcy and auctioned off its assets, which were purchased for $20,000 by a lawyer affiliated with Scientology.