Contracts
Articles across the publication that deal with contracts.
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Business & Compliance
Joint Venture Agreements: Contributions, Control, Profit Sharing, and Exit
Most joint ventures fail on questions the parties never wrote down: who decides, who owns the work product, and how anyone gets out without a lawsuit.
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Business & Compliance
Franchise Disclosure Documents: What Item 19 Does and Does Not Promise
Item 19 is the only place a franchisor may make financial performance claims — and it is voluntary, which makes a blank Item 19 one of the most informative pages in the document.
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Business & Compliance
Independent Sales Representatives and Commission Statutes
A commission agreement is not the whole deal. In many states a sales representative statute overrides the contract on when commissions are paid and what unpaid ones cost.
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Consumer & Personal Finance
Yo-Yo Auto Financing: Conditional Delivery and a Changed Deal
Spot delivery puts a buyer in the car before the loan is final. The contract's conditional delivery clause, and state law, decide whether the dealer can unwind it.
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Consumer & Personal Finance
Rent-to-Own and Lease-Purchase Agreements: Cost, Ownership, and Default
A rent-to-own contract is structured as a renewable lease, which is why it escapes most credit law and why the total paid can far exceed the price on the tag.
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Consumer & Personal Finance
Funeral Goods and Services: The Price List Rule and Contract Terms
Federal law requires funeral providers to hand over a general price list, quote prices by telephone, and let families buy only the goods and services they choose.
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Consumer & Personal Finance
Buying a Used Car: As-Is Sales, Title Brands, and Undisclosed Damage
As-is disclaims the warranties the law would otherwise imply. It does not protect a seller who misstates the history, and title brands remain checkable facts.
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Technology, Privacy & Media
Software Escrow and Source-Code Access in Vendor Agreements
A source-code escrow is only as good as its trigger clause and its deposit. Here is what actually arrives on release day, and what a customer usually discovers is missing.
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Property & Housing
Buying a Home in a Flood Zone: Disclosure, Insurance, and Elevation
Seller disclosure of past flooding is a state-by-state lottery, and the federal insurance mandate turns on a map. Here is what to confirm before the inspection period closes.
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Estate Planning & Elder Law
Nursing Home Admission Agreements, Residents' Rights, and Discharge Appeals
Admission paperwork is signed at the worst possible moment, in a hallway, under pressure. Federal law already voids some of what it asks for, and limits when a facility may make someone leave.
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