I don't think that matters in terms of whether it is even enforceable. I could sign a document allowing management to take my first born son but them doing so is not legal. "But he signed it!"

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loeg 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/unconscionability

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twoodfin 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sure. Was that what happened here, or was it an everyday contract to enforce confidentiality in return for some benefit?

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cmiles74 9 hours ago | parent [-]

If people are being forced to sign anti-disparagement agreements “everyday”, I think that is pretty concerning.

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twoodfin 8 hours ago | parent [-]

She was forced to sign it?

	▲	JKCalhoun 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hard to know. If she did not sign it was she waiving her severance package? Perhaps she signed it believing it was unenforceable. I suppose when one side has lawyers, we all need them now?

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luckylion 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You could also sign an NDA. And then you'd be bound by that NDA to not disclose the information it is protecting. Should penalties from that should also be non-enforceable because it would limit what you can say?