{"id":6444,"date":"2022-12-29T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/?post_type=publications&#038;p=6444"},"modified":"2025-10-02T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:45:27","slug":"new-law-ends-pre-dispute-ndas-for-workspace-sexual-harassment-assault-disputes","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/publications\/new-law-ends-pre-dispute-ndas-for-workspace-sexual-harassment-assault-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Law Ends Pre-Dispute NDA&#8217;s for Workspace Sexual Harassment, Assault Disputes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NDA-Social-Share-1_010423_Header-02.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NDA-Social-Share-1_010423_Header-02.png 1001w, https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NDA-Social-Share-1_010423_Header-02.png?resize=300,108 300w, https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NDA-Social-Share-1_010423_Header-02.png?resize=768,277 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinsmore partner Faith Whittaker and associate Jared Phalen&nbsp;were&nbsp;published in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankdirector.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bank Director<\/a>&nbsp;with their&nbsp;article &#8220;New Law Ends Pre-Dispute NDAs for Workplace Sexual Harassment, Assault Disputes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An excerpt is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On Nov. 16, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives sent the Speak Out Act&nbsp;to President Joe Biden\u2019s desk with a 315-109 vote. The legislation, which cleared the Senate unanimously on Sept. 29, aims to prohibit the use of pre-dispute nondisclosure and non-disparagement agreements, or NDAs, with regard to sexual harassment and sexual assault.&nbsp;After previously expressing support&nbsp;for the legislation, President Biden signed the bill into law on Dec. 7, 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The law builds off the previous amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/publications\/congress-ends-mandatory-arbitration-for-workplace-sexual-harassment-and-assault-disputes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021<\/a>. That amendment gave individuals asserting claims of sexual harassment and sexual assault the option to file their claims in court, rather than be subject to pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clauses. The amendment also prohibited pre-dispute agreements that waive an employee\u2019s right to participate in a joint, class or collective action in a judicial, arbitral, administrative or other forum relating to a sexual assault dispute or sexual harassment dispute. Both pieces of legislation are motivated in part by the #MeToo movement and are analogous to state laws passed in California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankdirector.com\/issues\/legal\/new-law-ends-pre-dispute-ndas-for-workplace-sexual-harassment-assault-disputes\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinsmore partner Faith Whittaker and associate Jared Phalen&nbsp;were&nbsp;published in&nbsp;Bank Director&nbsp;with their&nbsp;article &#8220;New Law Ends Pre-Dispute NDAs for Workplace Sexual Harassment, Assault Disputes.&#8221; An excerpt is below. On Nov. 16, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives sent the Speak Out Act&nbsp;to President Joe Biden\u2019s desk with a 315-109 vote. 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