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Reason
Reason
Politics
Eugene Volokh

Overbroad Speech Restriction in Dispute Between Two #AppleToo Whistleblowers Overturned

N.Y. Post (Theo Wayt) wrote in April about the underlying dispute:

A pair of ex-Apple employees who made headlines last year for leading a whistleblower movement against the company have since become embroiled in a bizarre legal fight, accusing each other of harassment and stalking.

Cher Scarlett and Ashley Gjøvik co-founded a whistleblower campaign called #AppleToo that last summer and fall published dramatic stories of gender and racial discrimination, sexual harassment and other ills from employees of the famously secretive tech giant….

But behind the scenes and eventually in public, Scarlett and Gjøvik had a falling-out involving claims of stalking, leaking confidential information and even secretly working on behalf of Apple. The dispute culminated in Gjøvik labeling Scarlett an "evil witch" and Scarlett receiving a restraining order against Gjøvik, court papers show.

The restraining order not only required Gjovik to stay away from Scarlett and not to surveil or communicate with Scarlett, but also provided:

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