Ethics and NDAs: A CELs Think Tank Report

Centre for Ethics and Law, UCL Faculty of Laws, April 2018

15 Pages Posted: 2 Jan 2019

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Richard Moorhead

Exeter Law School, University of Exeter; Centre for Ethics and Law, Faculty of Laws, UCL London

Date Written: April 17, 2018

Abstract

This document considers the ideas emerging from a Centre for Ethics and Law think tank on nondisclosure agreements and lawyers' professional ethics in the light of the #MeToo and associated scandals.

It considers the use of unlawful and marginal NDA clauses, the processes of negotiating and executing such agreements, and issues to be considered by lawyers and those regulating them.

Keywords: Sexual Harassment, Non Disclosure, Lawyers Ethics, Professional Ethics

JEL Classification: K1, K42

Suggested Citation

Moorhead, Richard Lewis, Ethics and NDAs: A CELs Think Tank Report (April 17, 2018). Centre for Ethics and Law, UCL Faculty of Laws, April 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3302567 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3302567

Richard Lewis Moorhead (Contact Author)

Exeter Law School, University of Exeter ( email )

University of Exeter
Exeter, Devon EX4 4RJ
United Kingdom

Centre for Ethics and Law, Faculty of Laws, UCL London ( email )

Bentham House
4-8 Endsleigh Gardens
London, WC1E OEG
United Kingdom

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