At 01:52 PM 5/30/2002 -0400, Steve Furlong wrote:
Summary: Recent laws have attempted to make electronic contracting binding, but they have not addressed some of the fundamental principles of contract law. These fundamental principles are often stretched or broken in electronic contracting. There is no case law on electronic contracts. I suspect that a contested electronic contract would be easily voided.
Nope. Back to the books for you. Here's a three-letter hint about the enforceability of "electronic contracts" - EDI. Also, take a look at these Internet-related cases - _Caspi v. The Microsoft Network LLC_, 323 N.J. Super. 118, 732 A.2d 528 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1999) (at http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dlother/caspi.html) _Hotmail Corp. v. Van$ Money Pie_, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10729; 47 U.S.P.Q.2D 1020 (N.D. Cal. 1998) (No. C98-20064 JW) (at http://eon.law.harvard.edu/property00/alternatives/hotmail.html) _Groff v. America Online_ 1998 WL 307001 (R.I. Super. Ct. May 27, 1998) (at http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dlother/groff.html) _Specht v. Netscape_ 150 F. Supp. 2d 585 (S.D.N.Y 2001) (at http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/pdf/D02NYSC/01-07482.PDF) You might find _Law of the Internet_, Lexis Law Pub (2001) of interest. -- Greg Broiles -- gbroiles@parrhesia.com -- PGP 0x26E4488c or 0x94245961