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Who's Liable When an Agent Signs the Contract?

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Who's Liable When an Agent Signs the Contract? An agent negotiates terms, accepts a vendor's quote, and commits its principal to a purchase order, all without a human reading the final wording before it went out. Ask "who's liable if that contract turns out to be bad" and the instinctive answer — "…

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  1. 2026-09-11 08:05 · DEV Community — AI
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