Electronic signatures are the latest stride in the march of technology to expedite document execution and enforceability of the deal. It was not that long ago that we used typewriters and carbon paper, and documents were not enforceable in our courts unless they contained original signatures. We now use, and courts routinely accept, copies of all types and facsimile signatures.

The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ("E-Sign"), enacted nearly eight years ago, was the federal response to a growing state-by-state movement to permit electronic signatures.

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Prior to the passage of the E-Sign law, ...

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