Legal Question in Technology Law in Florida

I was reviewing a website called "EchoSign" the websites basic premise is to provide users with the ability to electronically sign a contract. Now my I have a double barrel question is it not easy to forge these signatures and also What legal recourse could I take if contractual obligations were not obliged with someone's E-signatures?


Asked on 8/18/09, 7:23 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sarah Grosse Sarah Grosse, Esquire

E-signatures are accepted by Federal law and Florida law. If the signature is forged, the person whose signature was forged did not enter into a contract and cannot be bound by it. If the signature is genuine, the person is bound by the contract the same as if it was on paper and there was a pen and ink signature.

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Answered on 8/18/09, 10:09 am


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