Study each of the following case. Answer the questions that follow with Yes or No.

Garcia, an independent computer consultant, was orally engaged by the Eastern Institute of Management, a publisher of management newsletters, to set up an office computer network that included needs assessment, employee training, and a desktop publishing system. The plan envisioned at least 18 months’ work. Three months after he began work, Eastern paid Garcia for the work he had done and discharged him in order to hire another consultant, who appeared to have wider experience and greater expertise.
a. Can Eastern Institute legally cancel this agreement?
b. If the work could have been done in six months, would the oral contract have been legally enforceable?