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CONTRACT LAW issues in this database are pervasive and touch on additional database categories. Some of the additional categories are listed here in “all caps” and boldface. The issues described below are included in both the “Contract Law” category and any other database category indicated. These entries may aid in choosing the most relevant database categories and keywords for searches in this area of the law.

Judicial Interpretation Criteria;

Violation of Public Policy;

Illegality;

General Obligations Law;

Voluntary Payment Doctrine;

Volunteer Agreements (employment law);

Arbitration Clauses (parties obligated to arbitrate, ARBITRATION);

Releases; (employee cannot release employer from liability for employer’s negligence, releases are binding contracts, etc., CONTRACT LAW, NEGLIGENCE, EMPLOYMENT LAW);

Stipulations (CIVIL PROCEDURE, FAMILY LAW);

Prenuptial Agreements (FAMILY LAW);

Postnuptial Agreements (FAMILY LAW);

Settlements;

Real Estate Purchase Contracts (REAL ESTATE);

Specific Performance (REAL ESTATE);

Leases (LANDLORD-TENANT);

Proprietary Leases (attorney’s fees, LANDLORD-TENANT, ATTORNEYS);

Pleading requirements (breach of contract, delivered goods, etc., CIVIL PROCEDURE):

Money Had and Received;

Unjust Enrichment;

Espinal factors (negligence, NEGLIGENCE);

Home Improvement License requirement (pleading, CIVIL PROCEDURE, MUNICIPAL LAW);

Stipulation of Discontinuance (CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Land Contracts (REAL ESTATE, REAL PROPERTY LAW);

Installment Contracts;

Indemnification Clauses;

Statute of Frauds;

Promissory Estoppel;

Right of First Refusal;

Fee-splitting (physicians cannot enter fee-splitting agreements with non-physicians);

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (SECURITIES);

Warranties and Representations Clauses (CONSUMER LAW);

Insurance Policies (exclusions, INSURANCE LAW);

Additional Insureds (INSURANCE LAW);

Forum Selection Clauses (CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Choice of Law (CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Partnership Agreements (PARTNERSHIP LAW);

Third-Party Beneficiaries;

Fraudulent Inducement (FRAUD);

Ambiguity;

Apparent Authority (AGENCY);

Time of the Essence (REAL ESTATE);

Joint Venture Agreement;

Notwithstanding Clauses;

Contractual Statutes of Limitations (CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Covenant Not to Compete (EMPLOYMENT LAW);

Damages (breach of contract);

Real Estate Broker Commissions (REAL ESTATE);

Quantum Meruit;

Prevailing Wage violation (EMPLOYMENT LAW);

Collective Bargaining Agreements (EMPLOYMENT LAW);

Oral Agreements;

Continuing Wrong Doctrine (CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Borrowing Statute (CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Contract Clause (Constitution, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW);

Conversion (CONVERSION);

Presumption Contract was Read (EVIDENCE);

Reliance on Assurances of Others;

Shareholders’ Agreements (CORPORATION LAW);

Options;

Notice;

Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements (LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW);

Liquidated Damages;

Condominium Declaration and Offering Plain (CONDOMINIUMS);

Partnership Agreements (PARTNERSHIP LAW).