Legal and Regulatory

What Is the Difference Between Breach of Contract and Unjust Enrichment?

Unjust enrichment can be used in litigation to pursue payment from parties with whom a contractor did not have a contract. But how it is different than breach of contract?
By Mary Bacon
May 13, 2020
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by Mary Bacon
Mary Bacon is a lawyer at Spencer Fane, LLP focusing on construction law. 

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