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Digital Transformation: eSignature and ePayment News and Trends - September/October 2024

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Today’s ever-shifting business environment means that consumers, businesses, employers, and employees all expect to transact digitally. To remain efficient and competitive, companies must digitally transform their businesses....more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

The Importance of Adopting an E-Signature Policy for Your Business

Given the ever-changing landscape and increasing popularity of remote work, the use of electronic signatures (“e-signatures”) is on the rise. Business in general is going virtual, causing electronic transactions and online...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Electronic Signatures: The New Normal Amidst Remote Work

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With government-mandated stay-at-home orders and many people still working remotely, original wet-ink signatures on legal documents have become inconvenient and difficult to obtain. Electronic signatures are not a new...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

COA Opinion on Mediated Settlement Agreements

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On Nov. 3, 2020, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued opinion in a case entitled Mitchell v Boswell with a rather unremarkable holding that a mediated settlement agreement reached in a Superior Court ordered mediation...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Caution Required When Using Electronic Signatures in Patent Filings

Electronic signatures have soared in popularity as a result of social distancing measures related to COVID-19. While such signatures are generally accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Wilson...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Using E-Signatures in Court — The Value of an Audit Trail

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From antiquity through the middle ages, the authenticity of a document’s signature was confirmed by using a signet ring pressed into a wax seal. The signet was unique to the signer, so the presence of the stamp on a document...more

BakerHostetler

The COVID-19 Pandemic Raises the Importance of Understanding Whether and When Documents May be Signed Electronically and Witnessed...

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As millions of people are under mandatory or voluntary restrictions limiting their in-person interactions with others in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and are dependent more than ever on remote technology and virtual...more

King & Spalding

COVID-19 Update: Key Conclusions Regarding Electronic Signatures

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With most businesses mandating working from home, transaction closings will confront the practical challenge of execution and delivery of documents. Electronic signature of documents presents a convenient and safe...more

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