ACORN agrees to leave Ohio
UPI is reporting that "ACORN has agreed to give up its license to do business in Ohio as part of a settlement of a lawsuit by a conservative group:"
Maurice Thompson, the lawyer representing the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, said Wednesday most details of the settlement are sealed, The Columbus Dispatch reported Thursday.
"They will surrender their business license by June 1 and cease to operate in Ohio and cease to support or enable other groups to do what they do," Thompson said.
Alphonse Gerhardstein, ACORN's lawyer, said the group is no longer operating in Ohio. He said the settlement includes no financial payments.
The institute filed the suit on behalf of two residents of Warren County in southwest Ohio just before the 2008 election. Since then, ACORN has been hit by a sting by a conservative activist who posed as a pimp to seek advice on tax evasion from several of the group's offices.
No word yet on whether ACORN is reorganizing under a pseudonym as they have done in New England, New York, California and other states.