Weds 2/22 - NLRB Disparages nondisparagement clauses, Section 230 yet again, crime fraud exceptions and J&J must pay

In today’s episode we have the NLRB ruling broad non-disparagement clauses in exchange for severance payments impermissible, more Section 230 tea leaf reading, the “crime fraud exception,” and Johnson and Johnson must pay up for pelvic mesh products.

• Employers can’t force you to keep quiet to get severance, labor board decides, reversing Trump-era rulings - https://www.businessinsider.com/nlrb-rules-that-employers-cant-stifle-speech-for-severance-2023-2

• Supreme Court Holds Option to Sidestep Social Media Shield Issue - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/supreme-court-voices-wariness-on-suits-against-internet-firms

• Attorney-Client Exception Said to Trip Up Another Trump Lawyer - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/attorney-client-exception-said-to-trip-up-another-trump-lawyer

• US Supreme Court Refuses To Reject $302M Judgment Against Johnson & Johnson Over Pelvic Mesh Marketing - https://www.yahoo.com/now/us-supreme-court-refuses-reject-201134356.html

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