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Former exec may pursue breach of non-disparagement agreement

Former exec may pursue breach of non-disparagement agreement

Former exec may pursue breach of non-disparagement agreement

A former executive of a Washington, D.C. private foundation has been permitted to pursue claims against the Foundation for violation of a non-disparagement agreement made as part of a settlement of her claims of discrimination when she was fired. A divided D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a District Court decision dismissing the claims against the Foundation and a defamation claim against the Foundation’s CEO. Terri Wright, an African-American woman, was the Vice President of Program and Community for the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, an organization that promotes social and racial equity in the Washington, D.C. area. According to her complaint, although she had received...

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