caretStick

Background: Obvious burner handle. I worked at a company. I resigned. I told someone that I had quit, almost three months after quitting, and after starting a new job. I have a confidentiality agreement, which is valid for twelve months beyond my resignation date.

I'm now threatened with legal action because I informed someone that I wasn't working there. Setting aside whether I can win against the confidentiality agreement, the argument I'm seeking is that I'm obligated to make it public knowledge, and thereby making the knowledge that I have quit inherently non-confidential.

I did own shares, so there may have been an SEC reg about that.

IRS requirements?

In all honesty, I think it would have been potentially making me complicit in fraud (if the company raised money while claiming that I was an employee) had I not informed anyone, so I did have reason to share this knowledge.