Questions tagged [contract-law]
For questions about laws related to contracts, an agreement between two or more parties.
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Do scans of signed documents have the same legal power as the original document?
It is quite common for various parties online to exchange signed documents in signed form (such as contracts for remote work). Would these documents have any power in a court of law? Is it necessary ...
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Mistakenly agreed with a scammer’s term of use
Say, someone was scammed by a false online bitcoin mining service. He invested some money to buy the scammer’s service, the service was said to produce bitcoins online at a very fast speed without any ...
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Can you be bound to an unsigned contract even though services are rendered informally?
So you are working on a project to build a SaaS (Software as a Service). You prepare a technical contract and have it reviewed by intellectual property lawyers and it passes their approval. You ...
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Could a contract prevent someone from talking to the authorities?
Would a contract (such as an NDA or non-disparagement agreement) be enforceable if it prevents a person from talking to the authorities such as:
the police
the labour board
starting a lawsuit
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Can FedEx bill the recipient of a package for a "Clearance Entry Fee", without consent?
Some time ago, I received an unsolicited birthday gift from a relative as an international package via FedEx (USA to Canada). Then, several days later, FedEx mailed me an invoice for a "Clearance ...
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Can my school force me to use applications or a school-issued computer if I do not agree with the terms of use for that application?
Can my school force me to use applications or a school-issued computer if I do not agree with the terms of use for that application? I do not trust most of the applications that my school requires me ...
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Free, conditional permission/service: contract or not?
This can be seen as another "is a free licence a contract?" question (inspired by this and this), but it focuses on the very basics of the underlying relation between parties.
Alice and Bob ...
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How to prove that someone forged my signature on a contract that I was not aware of?
I found this similar question that already has an accepted answer. However, I don't fully like that answer because it says that "signed contract would not be binding if you can prove that it is fraud"....
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Can I cross out parts of a contract before signing it?
Assume there is a contract that was typed on a computer then printed out, and only one party needs to sign it. Examples of such contracts are "sign here to show it's ok for us to contact your ...
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Is it illegal to lie in an interview?
Strange question. I had been contacted by a recruiter for a job. Tomorrow is my final round interview. I had been getting a strange feeling and today the recruiter basically told me that when I work ...
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Contract mentions an outdated law
I want to keep it short. I signed a contract on 01/12/2021 that mentioned in the Terms and Conditions that they adhere to the 531/2012 law. This law is now outdated, it says
No longer in force, Date ...
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Could a contract with ludicrous terms be enforced?
Say, for example, that A makes a contract with B. A agrees to sell his very rare car, of which no more are up for sale, to B for £1.
Later, when B comes to collect A's car in exchange for a quid, A ...
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How widely is "where failure could result in death, injury, or damage" interpreted?
Crowdstrike, whose Falcon Platform is responsible for significant disruption, has in their Terms and conditions:
The offerings and CrowdStrike tools are not fault-tolerant and are not designed or ...
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Big corporation in the UK, Intellectual Property and a Contract
I've recently been offered a job at a large technology corporation based in the UK. I've yet to sign the contract but I found something in it which concerns me.
Intellectual property, ideas and ...
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Can a person in BDSM relationship legally protect themselves?
A large part of BDSM lifestyle is the "SM" part - namely, a desire by two sides of a couple, to inflict pain on another, or have pain inflicted on them (if done right, obviously in a ...
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