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>Hi James,
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>As far as know, if there was no retainer clause, then no. If they haven't paid you for the time you spent on the project specs, then maybe they owe you for that. However, depending on how the contract was worded, the issue here is whether or not they've already contracted you to do the project. Again, I haven't seen the contract and I'm definitely not a lawyer *s*.
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>If you have any friends who are lawyers, maybe they would take a quick look at it for you? Being these type of situations really suck don't they? Especially when half the time we can afford to hire lawyers when starting out.
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>- Brian

One of the things my lawyer tried to get for me was a binding arbitration clause in case things went sour. This guy refused. I guess he figured there would be no way I could afford litigation.