Well, that's true. But you're still having to give your employer notice that you are talking to a lawyer before the lawyer has seen anything. This seems serious

Well, that's true. But you're still having to give your employer notice that you are talking to a lawyer before the lawyer has seen anything. This seems seriously unfair, and I hope that NDAs are not enforceable under such circumstances. [edited to add ] Also it seems like it would be a big waste of the courts time.