Dustin and Brooks have owned a business together for years. They have no agreement. Dustin wants to retire and work on his golf handicap. Brooks wants to keep working and expand the business. They ...

A: First, a caveat, though I am a lawyer, I am not your lawyer, and this is, in any case, a general interest small business column. So, while I can outline the basic applicable rules, nothing beats ...

Q. I recently worked for a small company on a temporary job. We verbally agreed on how much money I was to receive. It has been several weeks and I have received no payment for my work. Every time I ...

Many people consider email to be an informal form of communication. As a result, offers, counter-offers and terms of proposed agreements are frequently exchanged via email with the hope and ...

A contract is a promise or set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in some way recognises as a duty. Any words or conduct by one or both ...

A contract is enforceable if a court is willing to obligate both parties to carry out the terms of the agreement. Courts deem contracts enforceable if the terms are willingly agreed to by the parties ...

In this quarter's column we discuss Van Bortel v. Ford Motor Co., No. 21-CV-6739L, 2022 WL 3222847, at *1 (W.D.N.Y. Aug. 10, 2022), which serves as a reminder that while oral agreements can sometimes ...

In 2022 and ’23, acclaimed high school quarterback Jaden Rashada had endorsement disputes with the national-championship programs at Miami and Florida, and his lawsuit against Gators coach Billy ...

A recent decision from the federal district of New Hampshire demonstrates why attorneys and web designers must find ways to communicate about the interplay between the law of contracts and web design ...

Natasha Morgan, Head of Legal Content at The Chancery Lane Project, shares her thoughts on the role of lawyers in implementing climate transition plans As the climate crisis accelerates, legal ...