Bloomberg Law
Oct. 18, 2017, 9:32 PM UTC

How Lawyers Protect the Harvey Weinstein in Your Workplace

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By Rebecca Greenfield, Bloomberg News

A first-year associate at a Manhattan law firm brought her complaint of sexual harassment to the managing partner. Her male boss, she said, had told her to take off her clothing. After months during which she continued to work for the same man, she left, signing a nondisclosure agreement in connection with a severance package.

The associate won’t give her name, fearing retribution for what she thinks would be an obvious breach of a legal contract.

A provision in the nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, says that, in exchange for $40,000, she agrees to “not disclos[e] ...

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