Contract Insights

Electronic signatures have been legally equivalent to handwritten signatures since Congress passed the ESIGN (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce) Act in 2000.  With advances in encryption technologies, and the growing prevalence of the electronic marketplace, e-signatures are safer and more convenient than ever. 

The cynics of the past focused the argument around what electronic signatures were missing to be as acceptable as traditional signatures.  The debate has shifted to what efficiencies your organization is missing by not utilizing electronic signatures.