A contract is a legal agreement that is binding onto the parties who have agreed to an exchange. A verbal contract is one that is written or spoken, as long as it is expressed in words. However, there can be 2 different interpretations of the term verbal contract. One interpretation is that a verbal...
Trademark infringement is a violation made against trademark rights and policies. This violation happened without the trademark owner’s authorization such that the people or company decided for themselves without even seeking the approval of the people in authority. An example of this is when a...
Patent refers to the right given to a certain creator or inventor that is usually given by the government. This right is important since it protects the creator and most especially, the products invented from intervention coming from his or her fellow inventors. Patent plays an essential role in...
Misappropriation refers to a crime classified as felony where one is accused of illegal use of money, funds, and properties, unauthorized services offered, and illegal possession of goods that were entrusted to a person. A person is accused of such crime for abusing that trust given to him or her...
Probate is a legal process that involves the administering and distribution of a deceased individual’s estate based on the will that he or she had left. Probate attorneys handle this legal process, serving as a representative of the executor of the deceased’s estate. A probate attorney may also...
A duty of confidentiality is an obligation imposed on someone by a relationship which may either be law recognized, standards of a certain profession or provisions of a binding contract. This is a special status that prevents disclosure of private information. These types of relationships include...
Law involves a wide breadth of areas and specializations. Each field of law caters to a specific issue or matter. One such area refers to commercial litigation wherein the issue or matter involved refers to that of businesses or corporations. This area of law often deals with disputes relating to...
When an individual is deprived of his or her legal rights over a piece of real property, this is called expropriation. Governments usually take private properties for various reasons, usually to serve the interest of the public by building access roads where the property lies. The term expropriation...
A contract is a formalized agreement between 2 parties. When one party fails to meet the conditions stipulated in the contract, he or she may be liable for his or her inability to fulfill the conditions and the damages it may incur unless such circumstances were included in an exclusion clause....
There are various types of easement that exist in law, depending on the extent to which another person or thing is given access or depending on who is given the right to access the land. Easements can be attached to the piece of property, thus transferable upon sale or rent of title or deed, or...
