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- E-Signing Arbitration Agreements in a Remote World
The important takeaway from the California appellate decision is that electronic signatures (versus "wet" or written signatures) are more easily subject to challenge on a motion to compel arbitration
- Handwritten v. Electronic Signatures on Arbitration Agreements
On January 19, 2023, a California Court of Appeal held that two employees’ alleged failure to remember signing an arbitration agreement was insufficient to challenge the authenticity of their
- Another Blow to E-Signed Arbitration Agreements in California By: Jared . . .
Generally, for an e-signed arbitration agreement to be enforced, an employer must demonstrate, beyond a “preponderance of evidence”, that the e-signature is the “act of” the employee This standard has become more difficult to attain over the years
- Authentication of Electronic Signatures – What Employers Need to Know
Stoneledge Furniture LLC, et al , a California Court of Appeal made a significant ruling concerning authentication of electronic signatures in arbitration agreements This ruling has implications for California employers who seek to enforce arbitration agreements in the employment context
- Challenging Electronic Signatures in Arbitration Agreements
An excellent 2024 case out of California’s First District Court of Appeal addresses a number of issues that arise when plaintiffs are challenging the existence of an arbitration agreement In Garcia v Stoneledge Furniture, LLC (2024) 102 Cal App 5th 41, the plaintiff flatly denied signing an arbitration agreement Nevertheless, the defendant
- Electronic Arbitration Agreements: Admissibility and Enforceability
The second approach is to rely on electronic signatures to enforce the arbitration agreement This is not problematic when the applicable laws state that an electronic signature can replace a manual signature The analysis of courts on this issue complicates the problem
- Electronic Signatures: What Every Employer Needs to Know - Constangy
You want all your employees to sign the company's arbitration agreement electronically You think it will be faster and more cost effective because you can simply email them the agreement, and track and save it all electronically
- Authenticating Arbitration Agreements - The Bar Association of San . . .
As remote work becomes more prevalent, employers now utilize electronic arbitration agreements New hires are asked to sign and return arbitration agreements via Docusign or other electronic signature services
- Signing the Arbitral Award in Wet Ink: Resistance to Technological . . .
Electronic signatures (e-signatures) may affect in some cases arbitration’s most valuable characteristic: the enforceability of the arbitral award
- Employment Law Strategist - Sheppard Mullin
to enforce an arbitration agreement be-cause of questions regarding the authen-ticity and integrity of an electronic sig-nature Specifically, the court held that the employer failed to submit sufficient evidence that the plaintiff employee was the person who electronically signed the arbitration agreement The court reached
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