Q. I recently worked for a small company on a temporary job. We verbally agreed on how much money I was to receive. It has been several weeks and I have received no payment for my work. Every time I ...

Dustin and Brooks have owned a business together for years. They have no agreement. Dustin wants to retire and work on his golf handicap. Brooks wants to keep working and expand the business. They ...

Q. I work as a consultant from home and perform tasks outlined in a contract I agreed to via e-mail. The contract obviously couldn’t be signed. Even though a lawyer told me the electronic document is ...

A: First, a caveat, though I am a lawyer, I am not your lawyer, and this is, in any case, a general interest small business column. So, while I can outline the basic applicable rules, nothing beats ...

Many subcontractors assume that the oral promise of a general contractor to enter into a contract at some future point can be enforced against the contractor when they have submitted a proposal that ...

Q: My agency has landed a new group client: a large family reunion that meets once a year in a different city, and the family members fly from different parts of the country. There could be as many as ...

In a 6-1 ruling, California's high court said prevailing plaintiffs must show an arbitration contract contains unconscionable ...