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Andrew Pinto on the disturbing rise of non-disparagement clauses

Listen to our conversation with Toronto lawyer Andrew Pinto about this troubling trend in employment law today
Listen to our conversation with Toronto lawyer Andrew Pinto about this troubling trend in employment law today

In the winter issue of Precedent, Toronto civil litigator Andrew Pinto writes about the growing frequency of non-disparagement clauses, which prevent terminated employees from saying anything negative about where they worked. In the event of a violation, employees could be forced to return their entire cash settlement to their former employer.

Here, Precedent speaks to Pinto about why these clauses are so dangerous and how likely they are to hold up in court.


You can check out Andrew Pinto’s piece in our Winter issue or you can read it online.