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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

Burr & Forman

LOL! OMG. HUH? Court Finds That Text Message Can Form Binding Contract

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In the world of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, it is no secret that individuals are communicating regularly on their smartphones about their business affairs. Recently, a court addressed the question about whether a text...more

Allen Matkins

Legislature Enacts “5 Second Rule” For Electronic Contracts To Sell Real Property

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The Statute of Frauds has been a part of Anglo-American jurisprudence for centuries. It made its first appearance in the wake of the English Civil War (yes, they had one too but for very different reasons) when King Charles...more

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