Relationships and contracts

[Guesting]

The situation is as follows: Together with another person, I have been working on a side project. The project has grown to such an extend, that he is willing to turn it into an investment, set it up as a legal company and put me on contract to work on it. The contract has not been signed yet.

During the months leading up to this however, and *after* mention of the contract, we got considerable close to the point where it's basically a relationship.

Now the contract is finally ready and I'm set to have a look at it next week. When he told me this, it basically came down to the following: he does not want to risk being sued, so if I sign the contract, whatever we have going between us has to be dropped. The choice was mine.

Sexual harrasment laws and lawsuits are quite different where I come from, but I know that in some countries it's possible to provide extra legal documents that declare a pre-existing relationship, which protect either involved business partners or employer/employees from lawsuits, so both can be done.

I want to know how this would legally work in the USA? Is there a way to separate the two, so we can continue both our personal relationship and I can work for him, while abolishing/minimizing the risk for a lawsuit?

Thank you,

 

[army judge]

The situation is as follows: Together with another person, I have been working on a side project. The project has grown to such an extend, that he is willing to turn it into an investment, set it up as a legal company and put me on contract to work on it. The contract has not been signed yet.

During the months leading up to this however, and *after* mention of the contract, we got considerable close to the point where it's basically a relationship.

Now the contract is finally ready and I'm set to have a look at it next week. When he told me this, it basically came down to the following: he does not want to risk being sued, so if I sign the contract, whatever we have going between us has to be dropped. The choice was mine.

Sexual harrasment laws and lawsuits are quite different where I come from, but I know that in some countries it's possible to provide extra legal documents that declare a pre-existing relationship, which protect either involved business partners or employer/employees from lawsuits, so both can be done.

I want to know how this would legally work in the USA? Is there a way to separate the two, so we can continue both our personal relationship and I can work for him, while abolishing/minimizing the risk for a lawsuit?

Thank you,

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