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We’ve covered on the blog several examples of troubling non-disparagement clauses preventing consumers from speaking out about their bad experiences with businesses (for instance, see here and here). From our experience, these seem to be cropping up more and more. I’m pleased to report on a counterexample. The company Madwire Media, a marketing firm, used [...]