Howard Stern NDAs and staff severance dispute

In late July 2026, Howard Stern’s legal team responded to former assistant Leslie Kuhn’s attempt to amend her lawsuit over alleged fabricated non‑disclosure agreements. Attorney Andrew Mark Goldsmith labeled the proposed amendment “futile and frivolous,” arguing that Stern and his wife had already waived any right to enforce the NDAs in publicly filed documents and warning that further action could invite sanctions.

A few days later, Stern’s SiriusXM show cut roughly a dozen employees as he prepared to scale back his programming. Laid‑off staff were offered severance of about one week’s pay per year of service, tied to new NDAs that many declined to sign. The court rejected Kuhn’s claim that a 2025 NDA was forged, describing the allegation as a “bald assertion,” and upheld the enforceability of the agreements. The developments show the parallel progression of Stern’s staffing reductions and the legal battle over the NDAs he requires former employees to sign.