NDAs: Boon or Bane?

​When I litigated employment law claims, nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), which often included nondisparagement clauses, were standard settlement fare. As a defense attorney or mediator, I often used NDAs to help persuade the employer to up the ante and get the case settled. Looking back through the lens of #MeToo, though, I now wonder. In trying to solve claims efficiently, did I enable bad actors?
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