Jane Wang was a feature writer for the National News and was fired from her job because she had been off for long periods of time claiming depression, but the newspaper felt she was actually able to have returned to work. Jane sued the National News but the two sides came to a settlement and Jane received $210,000. In the settlement agreement there was a confidentiality clause. Two years later Jane wrote a book and stated that the National News "paid her a big pile of money to make her case go away." The National News read her book and has decided to sue her. Most likely a court would rule that

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Jane violated the confidentiality clause by disclosing that she received a settlement, which likely breaches the terms of the agreement, making her liable to repay the settlement amount.

Jane Wang Was a Feature Writer for the National News