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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by fastball on Saturday May 18, 2024 @10:51AM (#40399510)
I wouldn't say that is "quite common". If you throw a bunch of unenforceable clauses into an NDA/non-compete/whatever, that increases the likelihood of the whole thing being thrown out, which is not a can of worms most corporations want to open. So it is actually toeing a delicate balance most of the time, not a "let's throw everything we can into this legal agreement and see what sticks".
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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by tcbawo on Saturday May 18, 2024 @01:22PM (#40400470)
> If you throw a bunch of unenforceable clauses into an NDA/non-compete/whatever, that increases the likelihood of the whole thing being thrown out

I’m not sure that this is true. Any employment contract will have a partial invalidity/severability clause which will preserve the contract if individual clauses are unenforceable.

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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by hansvm on Sunday May 19, 2024 @10:23PM (#40411529)
The severability clause is itself on the table for being stricken, and it's much more likely to happen if too many of the wrong parts of the contract would otherwise invoke it.
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