Maya is about to graduate from UF and has just signed her first contract for employment with a private company, QED. Maya realizes that there is a clause in her contract, drafted by QED, that prohibits her from speaking about the trade secrets that QED uses. Maya believes that this clause violates rights under the First Amendment. Therefore, Maya tells some of her friends at school about the company and the wording of the contract; however, she does not say anything else about QED, its customers, or what it does. Maya does not know that her friend Juliet's father is the head of QED. Juliet tells her father about what Maya has said, and he immediately fires Maya. Would Maya have a case against QED under the rights granted in the First Amendment?
No. company policy prohibits speaking about the trade secrets, and this is not protected by the First Amendment. ) 
Yes, as Maya has the right to do, she was just criticizing the wording of her contract with QED.
Yes, because she did not give away any trade secrets (which would be an exception to free speech). 
Yes, the First Amendment protects her from being terminated without first having a hearing before a neutral arbiter (e.g., a judge). 
No, because Maya could only bring a case for abusive discharge, retaliation, or defamation; neither she nor QED could ever have any First Amendment rights related to commercial matters.

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