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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by eridius on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:17PM (#12147168)
It's not suing an employee for talking to reporters. That doesn't make sense. It's suing an employee for stealing confidential information.
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by mikeryan on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:34PM (#12147253)
It's not suing an employee for talking to reporters. That doesn't make sense.

Most company exits include an NDA clause which would prevent talking to reporters so the statement does make sense. Except you're totally right thats not what she's really being sued for.

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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by falcolas on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:38PM (#12147278)
Such clauses only come into effect if you take the severance package. So, while you can say it's likely the employee was under a non-disparagement agreement, it's not a certainty.
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by bdcravens on Friday July 22, 2016 @10:40PM (#12148100)
Generally NDA refers to non-disclosure, not non-disparagement.
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by falcolas on Saturday July 23, 2016 @10:17AM (#12149511)
Yes, but it's also generally a non-disparagement which would stop former employees from speaking negatively about their former company to the press.
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