Most every business relies on executory contracts, which often contain at least one bankruptcy provision. It is important for businesses to be aware of the common bankruptcy provisions that cannot be ...

The word "contract" is derived from the Latin word contrahere which means to draw (or drag) together. The California Civil Code defines a "contract" as "an agreement to do or not to do a certain thing ...

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 ...

When will the law consider an employee handbook the company gave out on Day One a contract enforceable against the employer? If an employee handbook, sometimes called an employment handbook, makes ...

Whenever you register for a website or install an app, you're often entering into a legally enforceable contract. NPR's Planet Money explores how a court case changed contracts forever. Today, you can ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

The Pennsylvania Superior Court found that a handwritten real estate contract for sale of a property is enforceable even if the purchaser "made a bad deal." According to the appeals court's June 1 ...

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 ...