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Heard a young lawyer at a firm in Detroit say NDAs are basically dead now for talent agreements...
That comment about the FTC's non-compete ban making NDAs harder to enforce got me wondering if the old school 10 year confidentiality clauses I used to sign are even worth the paper they're printed on anymore, has anyone actually tested one in court lately?
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grace_bailey10d ago
Read an article saying Michigan courts are already leaning toward throwing out the really long confidentiality periods.
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lucashart10d ago
Gotta disagree with you on this one, Grace. I get why long confidentiality periods look bad on paper, but throwing them out completely feels like a overcorrection. A lot of those longer terms are negotiated by actual people who know what they're signing, not like someone's being tricked into silence forever. Shortening everything to a year or two could really hurt folks who need more time to settle a case or keep private stuff from leaking into the public. I just think courts should focus on the extreme cases rather than scrapping the whole system.
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