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Sure is unusual how a lawyer, versed in California employment law, drafting a contract and including terms he knows are unenforceable, in an attempt to mislead

• master-litty 7y ago
  Yeah, that's... Interesting. Is this truly something that simply has no repercussions for the lawyer?
  • deogeo 7y ago
    I'm not sure how it is in that specific case, but in general the penalties can be very severe. For example, when Apple was misleading Australians that they have only 1 year of warranty, instead of the 2 guaranteed by Australian law, they received a strongly worded letter from the courts telling them to stop. [1] [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-forced-to-comply-with-australian-consumer-law/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-forced-to-comply-with-au...
    • chris_wot 7y ago
      There was nothing under the law that limited it to 2 years. There is nothing under the law that defines specific timeframes for warranties in Australia.
    • b_tterc_p 7y ago
      Is the use of the word severe sarcastic? Because I don’t see any punishments at all
• social_quotient 7y ago
  Parts of the agreement aren’t enforceable but not everything? I’ve seen things like venue and arbitration rules established and persist in otherwise junk agreements. I see a lot of contracts from customers buying our dev services with weird language in it. The opposing counsel would have to know it not enforceable but it’s there anyway. Sometimes it’s silly stuff like “no open source software or code” yet it needs to be MEAN stack running on Ubuntu in AWS.