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by lsllc 1193 days ago
Every company I've worked at when I ask says "yeah, they're basically not enforceable ... wouldn't stand up in court ... sign here" -- so why have them?

It's just bullying. Do you have $50K to drop on a litigator to dismiss a lawsuit from your former employee? If you were a startup hiring someone would you want to burn your valuable equity dollars on such legal defense? Probably not.

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> dismiss

The best defense is a good offense.

You should just be asking for dismissal. You should be be counter-suing for legal fees + k*N, where:

- N is l.b. by the total value of your possible employment contracts, including any active offers and your current position. Where total value is defined as total comp out m years, where m is the last day of the last stock grant.

- k is the maximum possibly relevant statutory damage multiple.

ianal; my lawyer is not your lawyer.