alt Hacker NewsIt's a condition of the severance payment. She didn't need to sign it. She wanted the money. Then she violated the terms of the contract.
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fmajid • yesterday at 4:55 PM
NDAs cannot cover whistleblowing of actual criminality, including sexual harassment, which is why modern NDAs take pains to disclaim that, so they wouldn't be invalidated on that basis. Presumably the behavior exposed in the book, while arguably immoral or amoral, doesn't rise to the standard of criminality.
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I'm not a lawyer but even if it was, eg. a year's salary at the time she accepted it, is that really a fair price for a lifetime of silence?