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Land Court Finds that Texting Can Bind Parties

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The Massachusetts Land Court has held that text messages may form a binding contract in connection with the sale of real estate!! While neither punctuation nor colorful texting acronyms can make this decision more noteworthy...more

Dechert LLP

Text on the Dotted Line: A Text Message Can Create a Binding Contract

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Here’s another story in the “It never gets easier” file. The Massachusetts Land Court recently decided a case that perhaps we should have all guessed was coming. This is the above the fold headline: Text...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Beware: Sending A Text Message Can Be Just as Binding as Signing a Document By Hand!

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We have all heard stories about the dangers of social media, whether it be an inappropriate tweet, a regrettable Facebook posting or a misdirected “sexting.” The decision issued by the Massachusetts Land Court in St. John’s...more

Cozen O'Connor

Text Messages Add New Layer of Risk to Deal-Making in the Modern Age

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Texting is becoming ubiquitous in this era of 24/7 connectivity, but a recent court decision stands as a strong reminder that those quickly composed texts can be held up as a “writing” sufficient to seal a multi-million...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Texts that Bind: Text Messages May Form Binding Real Property Contract

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Last month, in St. John’s Holdings, LLC v. Two Electronics, LLC (No. 16 MISC 000090 (RBF)), a Massachusetts Land Court judge held that text messages exchanged between two real estate brokers may be sufficient to constitute...more

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