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Esophagus4 18 hours ago

[not legal advice]

Having talked to lawyers about this sort of case, be prepared to speak to several to find a match, or read between the lines - when you ask questions like, “If I break this clause, what sorts of liabilities am I exposing myself to, and how often in your experience does that happen?” Be prepared for, “as my client, I don’t advise you to do that.” Not super helpful in my case, as I was trying to understand the possible outcomes and likelihoods.

The best advice I got was from a business mentor which was, “if you don’t rub it in their face, they probably won’t notice, and probably won’t care.”

Which is, as you mentioned, a probability calculation.

What I would personally guess [not legal advice] is that you rate the likelihood of your employer suing higher than they do (absent anything egregious).

throwaway2037 6 hours ago | parent [-]

    > talked to lawyers
From my experience with contract lawyers, most of them aren't worth their fee. They just give you absurdly conservative legal advice that you could have guessed on your own. Once you start paying a lot more for legal advice, you will get more nuanced advice like, "if you want to take more risk, you should consider this option".
Esophagus4 5 hours ago | parent [-]

This is good to know!

What are the other options than contract lawyers… IP? M&A? Employment?