but only if the contract period was for less than 1 year, iirc. and also the issue of authority-to-bind comes into play as well.. for protection from a verbal

but only if the contract period was for less than 1 year, iirc. and also the issue of authority-to-bind comes into play as well.. for protection from a verbal deal going bad, see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel#Promissory_estoppel_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel#Promissory_estoppel_2