Historically, courts typically refused to impose liability for negligence in the performance of a contract unless the plaintiff was a party to the contract. Thus, whenever a contractor provided ...

Unfortunately, just because it's not written in the actual agreement doesn’t mean it's not part of your contract. Instead of being written in the agreement, many terms are, as we lawyers like to say, ...

Who doesn’t want to have a detailed and coherent construction agreement in place on every job? It minimizes confusion, makes clear everyone’s respective responsibilities and should reduce disputes.

Andrew Ancheta is a finance editor who has reported extensively on cryptocurrency, NFTs, economics, and history. He previously worked as an editor for China Daily. David Kindness is a Certified Public ...

Unless a contract specifically provides otherwise, an owner is not a third-party beneficiary of a standard contract between a general contractor and a subcontractor. This principle is illustrated in ...

The Situation: Two recent decisions of the High Court of Australia have held that the terms of a valid written contract will determine whether a worker is classified as an employee or contractor where ...

Contract workers and freelancers have few legal rights, compared with those hired as employees. Under federal law, a contract worker lacks the right to sue for sexual harassment or gender ...