Before leaving town for pre-election campaigning, the U.S. Senate quietly approved the so-called “Speak Out Act” (S. 4524), legislation that would bar enforcement of pre-dispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements related to sexual assault or harassment. If approved by the House during the upcoming lame duck session – a real possibility given widespread bipartisan support for banning such NDAs – the new law would achieve a long-sought goal of the “#MeToo” movement.
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