Commercial Contracts
The term commercial law describes a wide body of laws that govern business transactions. The primary authority that governs commercial transactions is the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). By definition, commercial contracts represent a combination of commercial and legal factors. For businesses and organizations, the key requirement is to ensure that the legal arrangements allow the full commercial benefits to be realized. This is FindLaw’s collection of Commercial Contracts articles, part of the Business Operations section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Commercial Contracts Articles
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Don’ts of Importing
(Article appeared in the 1996 Custom House Guide) All Rights Reserved I've seen many articles that deal with what you should do in importing ("the do's in importing") , but I can't recall seeing any articles that deal with what you shouldn't do in ...
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Duty Owed to Illiterates
The Mississippi Supreme Court has long recognized that "the suggestion of illiteracy cannot prevail for the manifest reason that there cannot be two separate departments in the law of contracts, one for the educated and another for those who are ...
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e-Contracts: Congress And The Ohio Legislature Finally Step Into The Present
Perhaps your business has enjoyed significant cost savings from participating in an online business-to-business marketplace. Perhaps your company website has become a significant distribution channel, boosting corporate revenues. Perhaps you went ...
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e-Sign Act Raises the Speed Limit on the Information Superhighway
Congress recently increased the speed limit on the information superhighway by passing a bill that gives electronic documents, executed with an electronic signature, the force and binding power of a traditional pen-signed document. On June 30 ...
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Electronic Banking
To most people, electronic banking means 24-hour access to cash through an automated teller machine (ATM) or paychecks deposited directly into checking or savings accounts. Electronic banking, also known as electronic fund transfer (EFT), uses ...
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Electronic Contracts 101
Until recently, there was doubt in Canada whether contracts could be formed online, for example by having a customer denote consent to various terms and conditions posted on a Web site by clicking an icon or button that says "I Agree". This ...
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Employer Liable for its Employee Who Improperly Obtained a Credit Report
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employer may be held liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act for an employee's violation of the act by obtaining a credit report for an improper purpose. The Act governs consumer reporting ...
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Employer Penalized For Overstating Its Financial Condition During Hiring Process
The Michigan Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision recently affirmed a jury's award of lost wages to an at-will employee who alleged that he was fraudulently induced to accept the employer's offer of employment when it gave him outdated financial ...
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Employer’s Use of Noncompetition Agreements
The desire of employers to keep their employees from competing with them has been a source of much litigation. In a typical arrangement, the employer requires the employee to sign an agreement that prevents the employee from engaging in specified ...
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Employment Issues For Start-Ups
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