ESIGN, UETA, and What Makes an Electronic Signature Hold Up

Two laws, not one, determine whether an electronic signature holds up in the United States. The ESIGN Act, signed into federal law on June 30, 2000, established that a signature cannot be denied legal effect solely because it’s electronic. The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), approved by the Uniform Law Commission on July 29, 1999, […]