An arbitrator has determined in favor of Meta in a case the corporate introduced in opposition to Sarah Wynn-Williams, the previous Meta worker who wrote a memoir revealed this week detailing alleged claims of misconduct on the firm. Macmillan Publishers and its imprint that revealed the memoir, Flatiron Books, have been additionally named as respondents.
The memoir, titled Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, particulars alleged claims of sexual harassment, together with by present coverage chief Joel Kaplan, who was her boss, in response to NBC News.
In the choice, the arbitrator mentioned Wynn-Williams should cease making disparaging remarks in opposition to Meta and its staff and, to the extent that she will management, stop additional selling the e book, additional publishing the e book, and additional repetition of earlier disparaging remarks. The determination additionally says she should retract disparaging remarks from the place they’ve appeared.
However, it’s unclear if this arbitrator really has the authority to halt the publishing of the e book or if Wynn-Williams can cease the creation of future variations; as of this writing, it’s at the moment on the market at shops like Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In the choice, the arbitrator famous that the lawyer representing Macmillian and Flatiron objected to its jurisdiction. Wynn-Williams seems to have signed an arbitration settlement when she left Meta in 2017.
Meta, Macmillan, and Flatiron didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
“This ruling affirms that Sarah Wynn-Williams’ false and defamatory e book ought to by no means have been revealed,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone says in a press release. “This pressing authorized motion was made needed by Williams, who greater than eight years after being terminated by the corporate, intentionally hid the existence of her e book undertaking and averted the trade’s commonplace fact-checking course of with a view to rush it to cabinets after ready for eight years.”
