Anonymous Posts Of Alleged Trade Secrets: Free Speech?

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Imagine you are an employer. Someone has anonymously posted your trade secrets or other improper content on Glassdoor, which publishes anonymous employee reviews about employers. While Glassdoor and similar online publishers typically prohibit this, suppose Glassdoor disagrees that the content is improper and will not take it down. What then? Interests collide.

Originally published in Law360 - April 23, 2018.

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