At the top, there are three types, unilateral, bilateral, and multilateral NDAs. The rest of the specific NDA types fall under these three categories. Most are based on who has to sign the NDA. Not all NDAs are created equally, and they can only demand so much secrecy from strangers when compared to their employees.
New York Penal Law 250.00 and 250.05 codify eavesdropping. A person is guilty of eavesdropping when he or she illegally wiretaps, uses a machine to listen in on a conversation, or uses hacking or another accessing a computer communication to obtain access to digital messages.
Employee NDAs are generally legal in New York, but there are several limits and obligations employers should be aware of. The best practices below will make your non-disclosure agreement more immune from challenge in court.
On November 17, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill S4516, which amends Section 5-336 of the New York General Obligations Law to further restrict the use of nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions in release agreements involving claims of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.
This course fulfils the NYC Local Law 96 (2018) of the City of New York, which requires employers with fifteen or more employees in the City of New York to provide all new employees with sexual harassment prevention training within 90 days of hire and annually thereafter.
The amendments expanded restrictions on the use of nondisclosure provisions (“NDAs”) in certain workplace settlement agreements. These amendments, which took effect on November 17, 2023, apply to all agreements entered into after that date.
disclosure agreement (NDA) is a legal agreement between two or more parties that outlines confidential information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to by unauthorised third parties.
NY's Non-Compete Bill: What Employers Can Expect from a Newly Proposed Ban. A bill to ban employment non-competes for all but highly compensated individuals is being considered by the New York state legislature. Gov. Hochul vetoed a similar bill in 2023, and the latest proposal appears to respond to the veto memo.
Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA)