Contracts

We write and review the contracts a business operates under: supplier and customer agreements, service agreements, leases of business premises and equipment, and agreements with contractors.

When a business is handed the other party’s form, we review it before it is signed, explain what it requires and negotiate changes. When the business needs its own form, we write it. We address what happens if one side does not perform, how the contract ends, and where and how a dispute is decided.

Disputes over contracts are handled under Litigation and Appeals.

Services we provide

• Supplier, customer and service agreements
• Leases of business premises and equipment
• Contractor agreements
• Review of the other party’s form before signing

Statutes and rules

• ORS chapter 72, SalesOregon's Uniform Commercial Code on the sale of goods: the terms the law supplies, the warranties that come with a sale unless disclaimed, and the remedies of buyer and seller.
• ORS 41.580, Statute of fraudsthe agreements that must be in writing to be enforced, including a sale of land and a lease of land for more than a year.
• ORS 20.096, Reciprocity of attorney feesa contract clause that gives one party attorney fees gives them to whichever party prevails.