Legal Question in Business Law in New York

You need the contract reviewed together with your responsibilities and duties and your right to rescind it if the terms are not adhered to by the principal. There is no other way to make sense of your dilemma.

Generally speaking, if a contract is silent on the question of voluntary termination, then such termination, in most cases, is permitted, however the withdrawing contractor needs to take into consideration any damages that might be created for the other side as the result of the termination as well as the cost to replace the contractor.

If they are not paying you and the contract specifies the terms of payment, then in effect they have breached the contract. The end result of this breach can only be known upon review of the contract.

Bottom line, one can consider terminating the contract but need to be mindful of the costs.

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In most cases where no duration is set in the contract then it becomes terminable a will. You seem to indicate that they might be in breach of the contract anyway by not pay you on time for example, which may give you further reason to terminate.

Of course the only way to receive any actionable legal advice on the agreement is to have it properly reviewed along with all the facts and circumstances.

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