A written contract documents an agreement between two parties under which both must perform. To form a contract, one party must make an offer to another party. If the second party accepts the offer, ...

Identify the purpose of the transaction, which dictates its structure. Determine whether the transaction: involves the provision of goods (for more information, see Sale of Goods Agreement (Pro-Buyer) ...

Although lots of contracts are filled with mind-bending legal gibberish, there's no reason why this has to be true. For most contracts, legalese is not essential or even helpful. On the contrary, the ...

There's more to business success than innovation or market strategy. The legal elements of running a business are just as essential. These clarify the boundaries in which organizations must operate, ...

A project to develop open source technology and standards for “computational contracting” for the legal world that deploys blockchain technology and distributed ledgers is set for an imminent launch.

Josh Stark is a lawyer and head of operations and legal at Ledger Labs, a blockchain consulting firm and development group. In this opinion piece, Stark focuses on "smart contracts" as an alternative ...