Lothar Determann, with Baker McKenzie. These days, companies are pushing full throttle to accelerate their digitization roadmaps. With "shelter in place" ordinances and social distancing mandates, ...

Unlike a traditional handwritten signature, electronic signatures are typed acknowledgments of receipt or agreement with a document. Because these signatures can't be checked against a handwritten ...

Electronic signatures can be legally valid to execute documents that require written signatures, and electronic documents can be legally valid when applicable laws require documents to be in writing.

Handwritten or ‘wet’ signatures have been required to execute documents or to enter into contracts for hundreds of years. However, the ongoing pandemic has compelled businesses and individuals to ...

Firstly, you need your signature in digital form, preferably using a tablet PC with pen input. If you don’t have such a device to hand, sign on a white sheet of paper and take a photo of your ...

Your best-laid plans of going paperless come to a screeching halt when you need to get someone’s signature on a document. That process typically involves printing the document, signing it yourself, ...