Elizabeth Phillips

Otherwise, all NDAs are void and unenforceable in the state of Texas after September 1st, 2025.

Nice.

And I thought that was a brilliant strategy because it forces the bad actors to reveal themselves.

You want to take that abused kid to court and get a special court order to maintain that child's NDA?

Or that victim's NDA.

Show your face.

What we accomplished in Texas is monumental.

It's the most sweeping NDA reform anywhere in the country and probably world.

There have been other NDA reforms passed, like the Speak Out Act, which applies to sexual harassment in the workplace.

That was led by Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginski.

They were Roger Ailes' victims at Fox News.

And I got to know Gretchen when... And their nonprofit's called Lift Our Voices, and they're still working on this issue, but it's workplace-related.

Like, pre-dispute NDAs in the workplace.

So, like, I mean, it's valid.

It's important work.

Think about the McDonald's worker who signs an employment contract.

They don't understand NDAs.

They don't understand they're signing away their right to a court because they get sent to arbitration behind closed doors just by signing that employment contract.

So what Gretchen and Julie are doing is really important and just leaves out kids.

And so the Speak Out Act passed federally in 2022.