Thomas Neville@goobermunch.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:11:44.367Z#
…be kept strictly confidential.
And I have seen cases where confidentiality provisions are valuable to the injured party as well as the defendant.
Coba Weel 🏳️⚧️@weel.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:15:20.601Z#
You’re talking about things that get negotiated. With an actual lawyer involved. I’m talking about intimidation.
Thomas Neville@goobermunch.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:23:36.746Z#
You’re right. Every one of these that I’ve tried to negotiate has had a lawyer involved. Me.
Some of those have involved attempted intimidation. And I haven’t always been successful.
But my perspective is absolutely different to yours, and my career path has given me the luxury of viewing these…
Thomas Neville@goobermunch.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:23:36.747Z#
…things from an academic and theoretical perspective.
Coba Weel 🏳️⚧️@weel.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:25:31.673Z#
I understand. I just… know so many people who would like to speak up about ridiculously abusive practices and have the threat of lawsuits funded by some of the world’s richest people hanging over them.
Thomas Neville@goobermunch.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:31:19.004Z#
And I think that’s awful. Full stop.
The difficulty I was trying to articulate comes from trying to figure out a way to prevent the abuse of provisions that are integral to dispute resolution when they aren’t abused.
It wasn’t my intent to invalidate the experience of those who have suffered.
Henry Fung@henryfung.bsky.social·2026-09-27T20:29:30.304Z#
I think there has to be a way to separate financial settlements, which understandably want to be private to maintain future bargaining positiona, and other things like process changes and corrective action plans implemented in an organization.