What Even Is Non-Competition? Games Workshop and the Very Odd NDA (VL546)

Games Workshop (controllers of Warhammer and Warhammer 40k) has had a bit of legal drama surrounding it of late, but the latest is perhaps even more interesting than most.

What is normal in an Non-Disclosure Agreement? What is not? And what makes a non-competition provision "very odd"?

It's possible you're already indirectly engaged with GW just by being...in Virtual Legality.

#GamesWorkshop #NDA #NonCompete

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:36 The NDA
04:14 Ambiguous Definitions
09:54 Some Very Broad Restrictions
16:46 Reputational Harm
19:56 Conclusion

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