Questions tagged [contract-law]
For questions about laws related to contracts, an agreement between two or more parties.
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What constitutes "fault of the buyer"? [closed]
I have a contract to sell my house that is contingent on the buyer selling their home. A common enough occurrence.
If Buyer does not close on the sale of Buyer’s property, through no
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Travel vendor wants to back out of agreement
A major cruise line had a cruise on its website, for which some of the rooms were being offered at a price of $0 (plus a deposit). Numerous people took advantage of this offer, their online deposits ...
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What are the consequences or risks of signing a document with a future date?
I know you shouldn't past-date something (e.g. date for yesterday), but what are the consequences/risks of writing a future date on a document?
In my specific instance, I'm getting a bridge loan out ...
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Can I set additional terms of service for "my" page on a third-party service?
A lot of web sites, like Github or Facebook, have terms of service for the platform as a whole but also let me publish stuff on pages that I have some control over. I can post a README file on my ...
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Can copy-pasting a word definition from a dictionary site cause a copyright issue?
I just saw the following at the English language and usage stack exchange meta forum (ELU meta).
We should not be pasting definitions from online dictionaries into answers when their terms of service ...
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Conflicting clause in contract
I've checked similar questions, but I feel this one is a somewhat different.
Suppose someone signed a contract saying "you must not do A, but you must do B", and some time later it turned ...
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What legal basis exists for challenging absurd (but technically-correct) invoices?
Every once in a while you hear stories about people getting hit with ridiculously high charges, such as for cell phone or cloud computing, e.g.:
In the cell phone case, this can happen when (for ...
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Enforce contract on burglars
Lets say I post a sign outside my house reading "if you break into this house, you agree to paying the owner a one million dollars access fee". This would be similar to how parking lots post ...
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My finance company charges more late fees than my contract states
I was late making a payment on a vehicle that I am financing and the late fee was high. I decided to go over my documents for my car and noticed that it states after 10 days, which they applied the ...
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Can I use clips of another show I created in my own feature film? [closed]
The opening scene of my film is of a out-of-work TV writer, explaining his background to two TV network commissioners, where he plays a brief clip (2 seconds) of a sitcom pilot that he created. The ...
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Questions related to confidentiality obligations [closed]
If I accidentally find out that someone else committed a crime, and I don't sue him, will I be punished if it later turns out that I knew in some way? In the above example, what happens if it is not ‘...
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Protecting AI related IP by assigning all current and future IP to an LLC
Consider a fairly typical IP assignment clause, such as
I understand that the provisions of this Agreement requiring assignment of Inventions to the Company do not apply to any Invention that I have ...
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Is "I'll see you in court!" legally binding?
Say that "Joe" really doesn't like something that "Donald" does, and they end up getting in a heated argument over it. Donald does not budge, and eventually Joe gets fed up and ...
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Is it legal for someone to forge my signature with my knowledge and approval?
I recently had to sign some paperwork for a health insurance contract in Greece. I was in the UK at the time, so I had to have the thing mailed to me, sign it, and then mail it back. It occurred to me ...
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Does British Columbia legislate for service to be performed 'with reasonable care and skill' + 'within a reasonable time'?
Does B.C. enact any laws like the UK's Consumer Rights Act 2015, sections
49 Service to be performed with reasonable care and skill
(1) Every contract to supply a service is to be treated as ...
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