Everyone knows what a contract means. But what does a “non-binding contract” mean? Does it encompass, for example, a memorandum, meeting minutes, a document containing nonspecific points of consent in ...

A binding sales agreement is a contract to sell something, whether it's goods, services, commercial and residential real estate or a business. Although oral contracts are binding, they are notoriously ...

We're all accustomed to seeing notices on websites advising that we must “click here to accept these terms and conditions,” but we rarely to stop and think about what those provisions mean. In most ...

This suggests, very strongly, that if parties intend their emails to memorialize a binding agreement that will be an enforceable real estate contract, it indeed would be prudent for them to manifest ...

A recent New York case underscored just how easily an exchange of email messages can create a binding contract. Though the dispute involved a litigation settlement evidenced in an exchange of emails, ...

People in the real estate business, and other businesses, often agree to things by email or even text messages. Are those agreements legally binding? A recent New York case involving a lease dispute ...

Two recent court decisions in, respectively, Tennessee and Pennsylvania, have determined email exchanges can create legally binding contracts. In the former, emails were found to legitimize a real ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...