The short answer is yes. There is a legal age an individual needs to reach before they can sign contracts, and for most states it’s 18, except Mississippi (21), Nebraska, and Alabama (19). If the individual signing the contract is below this age, ...

The business model works, so naturally you want to double down and expand — or, on the flip side, you've seen a business model that works, and you'd like to join in. Documents will get drafted and signed in the process, but a critical part of ...

Some time last year, I saw a post on Facebook asking why most people don't like working with virtual assistants (VAs). People have different reasons for it, some saying virtual assistants are expensive yet they turn in low-quality jobs. ...

Nobody signs a contract to end up in dispute. However, things like clients refusing to pay, business partners going back on their word, and other types of broken agreements happen. When that happens, you need someone by your side to advocate for you ...

Contracts are not necessarily as dramatic as movies make them out to be. A very big misconception is that contracts only happen when you sign "agree" on a document. However, you can actually enter a binding contract without ever signing a ...

When Is the Subject Matter of a Contract Illegal? In earlier blogs, we have looked at four other requirements of a valid and enforceable contract: There must be an agreement. Both parties must have given consideration. The parties must ...

What Is Contractual Capacity? When Might a Person Lack Capacity? In this series of blogs, we have looked in greater detail at the specific requirements of a valid and enforceable contract. The first three blogs in the series looked at agreement, ...

What Is Volition? Common Situations Where a Party Does Not Voluntarily Enter a Contract In this series, we are looking at the necessary components of a valid and enforceable contract. In earlier blogs, we looked at the necessity of an “agreement” ...

What Is Consideration? What Qualifies as "Sufficient" Consideration When determining the validity of a contract, a court first looks to see that the parties had some type of agreement— that there was, as discussed in Part 1, a valid offer and an ...

What Is an Agreement? What Does It Require? When Will a Lack of Agreement Void a Contract? Contracts are an essential component for virtually every business. In fact, it’s not uncommon for your business to enter into multiple contracts on a daily ...