Re: [PLUG] Legal Question

[Tom Ryan <tomryan@camlaw.rutgers.edu>]

IANAL either BUT a good comparison to this would be signing a check from 
an insurance settlement.

I would imagine that the company that gave you this check has a lawyer AND 
said lawyer reviewed this concept before it went out.

I would imagine you have little to stand on, but AGAIN IANAL :)

Tom

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Tobias DiPasquale wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 18:02, Paul wrote:
> > Is this legally binding?  Say I'm an employer and I give an employee a 
> > $1000 bonus.  Accompanying the bonus is a letter stating that if the 
> > employee quits or is terminated within six months the employee will have 
> > to repay the $1000.  The employee isn't required to sign the letter, but 
> > cashing the check is taken as agreement with the terms.  Can those terms 
> > be legally enforced?
> 
> IANAL, but I believe that if he didn't sign anything, he doesn't agree
> to the terms. Shrink-wrap licenses are similarly unenforceable.
> 
> 

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