I’d flag whether a non-disparagement agreement is even enforceable against a Federal government employee speaking in an official capacity. I haven’t done any research on that, just saying that I would not merely assume it is fully enforceable.
Any financial interest in an AI lab is generally going to require recusal/disqualification from a number of matters, because a Federal employee is prohibited from participating personally and substantially in any particular matter in which the employee knows they have a financial interest directly and predictably affected by the matter. That can be waived in some circumstances, but I sure wouldn’t consider waiver if I were the agency ethics official without a waiver by the former employer of any non-disparagement agreement in the scope of the employee’s official duties.
I’d flag whether a non-disparagement agreement is even enforceable against a Federal government employee speaking in an official capacity.
That’d be good if true! I’d also be interested if government employees are exempt from private-sector NDAs in their nonpublic governmental communications, as well as whether there are similar laws in the UK.
I think this isn’t relevant to the person in the UK you’re thinking of, but just as an interesting related thing, members of the UK parliament are protected from civil or criminal liability for e.g. things they say in parliament: see parliamentary privilege.
These things are not generally enforced in court. It’s the threat that has the effect, which means the non-disparagement agreement works even if it’s of questionable enforceability and even if indeed it is never enforced.
I’d flag whether a non-disparagement agreement is even enforceable against a Federal government employee speaking in an official capacity. I haven’t done any research on that, just saying that I would not merely assume it is fully enforceable.
Any financial interest in an AI lab is generally going to require recusal/disqualification from a number of matters, because a Federal employee is prohibited from participating personally and substantially in any particular matter in which the employee knows they have a financial interest directly and predictably affected by the matter. That can be waived in some circumstances, but I sure wouldn’t consider waiver if I were the agency ethics official without a waiver by the former employer of any non-disparagement agreement in the scope of the employee’s official duties.
That’d be good if true! I’d also be interested if government employees are exempt from private-sector NDAs in their nonpublic governmental communications, as well as whether there are similar laws in the UK.
I think this isn’t relevant to the person in the UK you’re thinking of, but just as an interesting related thing, members of the UK parliament are protected from civil or criminal liability for e.g. things they say in parliament: see parliamentary privilege.
These things are not generally enforced in court. It’s the threat that has the effect, which means the non-disparagement agreement works even if it’s of questionable enforceability and even if indeed it is never enforced.