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Re:Abuses Hide in the Silence of Nondisparagement Agreements by ahlatimer on Saturday July 22, 2017 @02:25AM (#14825724)
The non-disparagement clause may have been bilateral. The consideration, in that case, is "we won't talk negatively about you if you don't talk negatively about us."

Here's an example of a former reddit employee disparaging the company and the CEO stepping in and giving his side: https://np.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2iea97/i_am_a_former_r...

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Re:Abuses Hide in the Silence of Nondisparagement Agreements by js8 on Saturday July 22, 2017 @04:37AM (#14826056)
> The non-disparagement clause may have been bilateral. The consideration, in that case, is "we won't talk negatively about you if you don't talk negatively about us."

Cannot offering of such a clause be considered a blackmail?

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