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twelveparsnips t1_jedb1av wrote

Reply to comment by ParanoidRecordPlayer in ELI5 if Stormy Daniels took the hush money, how was/is she able to talk about the affair? by ParanoidRecordPlayer

The same point of having any contract. You can't write into a contract terms that are illegal and have it be enforceable. A car dealership can't put into a contract they will break your kneecaps if you miss payments, but they can put into a contract if you miss x amount of payments they can repossess the car. The point of having an NDA is so that you don't spill company secrets after you leave a company. e.g. if you work for Coke and know the formula, you can't sell it to Pepsi after you quit.

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ParanoidRecordPlayer OP t1_jedctrt wrote

So, because the hush money was paid for illegally, the NDA is void?

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twelveparsnips t1_jedvy73 wrote

How are you going to enforce the contract? Go to court and tell the court, "your honor, I illegally paid the defendant to not say anything about the crimes I committed, but she said things about the crimes I committed"? The court is there to uphold the law not to allow people to cover up infractions of the law.

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