[HN Gopher] Ex-OpenAI staff must sign lifetime no-criticism cont...
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       Ex-OpenAI staff must sign lifetime no-criticism contract or forfeit
       all equity
        
       Author : apsec112
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2024-05-17 22:34 UTC (26 minutes ago)
        
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       | asperous wrote:
       | Not a lawyer but those contracts aren't legal. You need something
       | called "consideration" ie something new of value to be legal.
       | They can't take something of value that was already agreed upon.
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       | However they could add this to new employee contracts.
        
       | autonomousErwin wrote:
       | Is it criticism if a claim is true? There is so much legal jargon
       | I'm willing to bet most people won't want the headache (and those
       | that don't care about equity are likely already fairly wealthy)
        
         | apsec112 wrote:
         | Non-disparagement clauses forbid all negative statements,
         | whether true or not.
         | 
         | https://www.clarkhill.com/news-events/news/the-importance-of...
        
       | 0cf8612b2e1e wrote:
       | Why have other companies not done the same? This seems legally
       | tenuous to only now be attempted.
        
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