Recently, the Utah Supreme Court released an opinion, saying that state election officials must accept online petition signatures to qualify individuals for the ballot. In March, Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell rejected a nominating petition from Farley Anderson, an independent gubernatorial candidate, saying that state law did not allow for eSignatures. Anderson’s petition included more [...]

We received some questions about contract creation with eSignatures and wet signatures. What happens when not all parties use electronic signature to create a contract? Can I still have a contract when one party chooses to wet sign and the other uses DocuSign? Are ESIGN consents still required?

Ken Moyle, chief legal officer of DocuSign, responds:
Under [...]

Today’s blog post comes from Ken Moyle, DocuSign’s chief legal officer. If you’ve used electronic signature on an electronic record, you may be wondering about an “authoritative copy.” Ken addresses the question, “What is a single authoritative copy?” below:
The concept of “Authoritative Copy” comes from UCC Art. 9-105. This revision to Article 9 was [...]

DocuSign’s Chief Legal Officer, Ken Moyle, will be teaching a live and interactive telephone seminar about electronic signatures and records through Virginia Continuing Legal Education. This telephone seminar will be offered live today and as a replay the first week in February.
A LIVE AND INTERACTIVE TELEPHONE SEMINAR FROM VIRGINIA CLE
LIVE (Eastern Time): Tuesday, January [...]

 
Compliance with the e-signature laws is a very basic step in defining an electronic transaction system. Like paper documents, electronically signed documents can become the subject of a dispute. The facts surrounding the signature process must provide enough proof to uphold the transaction in the event of repudiation of an electronically executed contract. Compliance with ESIGN is [...]

An electronic signature performs a significant legal function in connection with electronic records and transactions. Signed records are intended to make many kinds of contracts enforceable and electronic signatures are critical to electronic commerce applications.

The E-Signature Laws
With the adoption of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (“UETA”) in most states and [...]

Ken Moyle, DocuSign’s Chief Legal Officer, will be sharing his thoughts about electronic signature in relation to ESIGN and UETA on the DocuSign blog. In the coming weeks, he will publish his first series for the DocuSign blog, discussing legal principles behind electronic signature law and ensuring that your electronic signature and electronic contract execution [...]

The U.S. Postal Service is facing an enormous budget shortfall – and might run out of money without Congressional help. The U.S. Postal Service recently announced it was cutting 3,000 jobs and asked Congress for flexibility in reducing its costs associated with mandated retiree health benefit payments. Other possible cost cutting measures include reducing mail [...]

We just launched our new Web site and our electronic signature and electronic contract execution services are now available as DocuSign Professional Edition, and DocuSign Corporate Edition.
 
DocuSign Professional  Edition
DocuSign Professional Edition Standard enables you to reduce postage and paper costs and adopt a green process using electronic signatures. DocuSign Professional Edition Advanced includes all [...]