Lawyers drafting contracts and the people who "sign" or otherwise "accept" them should heed the facts in Knight v. Vivint Solar, __ N.J. Super. __, 2020 N.J. Super. LEXIS 240 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div ...

Even before Covid-19, electronic signatures (e-signatures for short) were revolutionizing the way agreements were being executed and stored. Covid-19 has not only accelerated this trend, but also ...

It’s true: electronic signatures save heaps of time. But – and this is a pretty big but – the level of legal protection in the event of a dispute depends entirely on the method you choose. So, how ...

As business documents have transitioned into predominantly electronic forms, signatures have evolved from ink to digital representations. Electronic and digital signature technologies sound similar, ...

Electronic signatures eliminate the need to complete legal documents and contracts in person, improve efficiency and reduce paper waste. But people still question whether e-signatures are legally ...

The authors write "With the continued rise of new tools and technologies, legal professionals are seeking new ways to optimize tasks in an effort to be more efficient. One of the more common recent ...

As discussed in our November 24, 2020 post, amended Rule 302 under Regulation S-T permits the use of electronic signatures on documents “authenticating” typewritten signatures that are included in a ...

Encryption, hashing, and digital signatures. Many people think these three are ranked in order of cryptographic strength. The ...

If you haven’t created an electronic/digital tracking signature: The 1 st time you open a document that needs an electronic/digital signature, you’ll have to actually create your signature. Once that ...

Researchers at the Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany have figured out three different ways to forge digital signatures in PDF documents. The fakes will be treated as genuine on 21 of 22 desktop PDF ...