L is for Liquidated Damages

In this Instagram reel, I talk about liquidated damages.

Sounds intense, right? Well, it’s actually just a fancy legal way of agreeing in advance what a party’s damages are if the other party breaches their contract.

Example: A couple cancels their wedding a month out. The contract should clearly state that the vendor can collect the remaining balance of their fee as liquidated damages — a fair estimate of lost income — even though they haven’t performed their services on the wedding day.

It’s about clarity, not punishment. Everyone knows what to expect before something goes wrong. (Which is kinda the whole point of a good contract.)

Leah Weinberg

Leah Weinberg – founder of Weinberg Legal – is an attorney, a recovering wedding planner, and the author of The Wedding Roller Coaster. She spent a decade planning weddings in and around New York City as the owner of Color Pop Events before returning to her roots as an attorney in 2023 so she could provide legal counsel for wedding and event professionals as well as other creative entrepreneurs who want to feel better equipped to weather the ups and downs of running a small business. Leah’s work and insights have been published online and in print with Vogue, the New York Times, People, CNN, CNBC, Bravo, Martha Stewart, and The Knot, among others.

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