What is Breach of Fiduciary Duty?
November 30, 2018A fiduciary duty is a responsibility to act in the best interests of someone or something else. It is made legally binding either by statute, case law, or by contract. A company’s Board of Directors has a fiduciary duty to shareholders; an attorney has a fiduciary duty to his or her clients. When a breach [&helli…
DetailsCommon Defenses to a Breach of Contract Claim
November 5, 2018Breach of contract — where a lawsuit is filed because one party believes another party has failed to deliver on the terms of a written or oral contract — is one of the most common legal business disputes. If your business is ever involved in a breach of contract suit, your first step should be [……
DetailsCan an Email be Considered an Enforceable Contract?
October 24, 2018Only the most seasoned business veterans remember the days when business correspondence involved paper and ink. Today, almost all business is conducted via email, including negotiating for goods and services. Over the past decade, courts have typically held that emails can be enforceable contracts, even if the purp…
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