alt Hacker News"Oh, that bit was just a joke" in a legally binding contract invites the question of what other bits were, which isn't a conversation you want to have in court.
"Oh, that bit was just a joke" in a legally binding contract invites the question of what other bits were, which isn't a conversation you want to have in court.
Generally, clauses that involve illegal acts or can’t be construed in any legally feasible way are not legally binding. A pledge to commit ritual suicide is obviously not legally binding, whether you signed some piece of paper or not.
And sure, they can have that conversation in court. But my understanding is that this contract (that was never signed) is not even what the parties are arguing about in this case. It is a piece of evidence presented to discredit the Ethereum foundation and makes for a good news article.
> Fulton, who had earned a salary of $195,000 in her role at the Ethereum Foundation, sued for disability discrimination, retaliation, interference with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act, unfair employment practices and related claims. Her lawsuit notes that the Ethereum Foundation “does not hire or pay its United States staff in its own name,” but instead uses employer-of-record service companies.