A catering contract to celebrate Black Heritage Month turned into a tough lesson for a Black-owned bakery in the South Bay earlier this month.

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      9 months ago

      Eh…having been on both sides of contracts like this… typically a kill clause is sided heavily toward the one with money.

      And even if it wasn’t, Tesla has more money to drag out the fight in court long enough that the pie company won’t be able to survive.

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        9 months ago

        Is it unheard of for a bakery to establish arbitration agreements to avoid this exact situation? From my understanding, courts are reticent to insert themselves in arbitration unless the agreements made were invalid. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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        9 months ago

        Tesla isn’t going to call their lawyers for $4k. The phone call would cost more than just paying her. If she filed in small claims, chances are good they wouldn’t even show up.

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        You would usually charge enough to break even in case of cancellation and only charge the “profit” part upon delivery…