Tiger Woods Case Tests Breadth of New #MeToo Nondisclosure Law

A lawsuit against golfer Tiger Woods by a former girlfriend could be the first to raise questions on the scope of a newly enacted #MeToo law.

Erica Herman said in a complaint in a Florida state court that a nondisclosure agreement she and Woods signed shortly after they began a romantic relationship should be voided under the Speak Out Act, passed late last year. The law cancels these types of pacts in cases where an NDA or nondisparagement pact was signed before allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

The agreement, which court documents show was signed in 2017, ...