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It is a problem that (3) is something that could get you sued, depending on the specifics, although I'll grant that almost never happens.

I have work for major big brands that I suspect would land me more clients but I can't even mention the relationship. I signed the NDA, so it wasn't a surprise, but it is frustrating that the power imbalance allows that.

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HN skews toward believing that if you can be sued, you will be. It's the infinite monkeys theory applied to contract law.

> HN skews toward believing that if you can be sued, you will be.

Maybe it's more like, it doesn't matter how correct you are unless you can afford a good lawyer. The infinite monkey theorem is not applicable. Lawyers who make the bulk of their money from being on the suing side (or not necessarily suing, just being hired to be able to sue) rather than the defending side are not monkeys randomly pressing keys on their keyboards.

Then again, not everyone's threat model for "getting sued" is the same.

These are two separate effects but they are both very real.

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