"There is no ambiguity," the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled. "The contract is plain on its face." After a retaining wall collapsed and killed a Georgia homeowner, his widow filed a wrongful-death ...

That the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), state arbitration statutes and courts generally favor arbitration provisions in contracts is well-recognized. But what if the contract containing the ...

When two parties do business together, working with a written contract can help avoid misunderstandings between them. A contract specifies important details such as deadlines, prices and ...

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Definition. Players who haven't signed a long-term contract extension or accrued the MLB service time necessary to be eligible for salary arbitration can have the ...

Most people enter into a construction contract with the understanding that performance will occur within a specific timeframe. When that doesn’t happen, everyone tends to look to the terms of the ...

An LLC operating agreement isn’t required in most states, but it’s an important legal document for a business. An LLC operating agreement can serve as a directive for a limited liability company and ...

Employment contracts take many different forms. All employees at a company may be asked to sign the same form contract, or each employee may have a contract with the employer that is applicable just ...

Businesses set up as partnerships, legal entities where two or more people own and run a business, enable companies to benefit from multiple owners’ diverse knowledge, skills, and resources. A ...