On March 29, 2020, we reported on the SEC’s COVID-19 relief from its manual signature requirements for SEC filings. In that blog entry, we observed that, entirely aside from the pandemic emergency, ...

In order to comply with federal requirements for signature authentication, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) accepts electronic signatures via Adobe Sign or ...

Foxit Software Inc., maker of a line of tools for creating and editing PDF documents, today announced version 11.2 of its Foxit PDF Editor with integrated e-signature capabilities. The combination ...

In today’s digital age, the ability to create and save digital signatures has become an invaluable skill. Whether you're signing contracts, authorizing documents, or adding a personal touch to your ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In 2020, the signature experienced its key inflection point. With in-person interactions on ...

The digital revolution has fundamentally changed the way businesses and individuals conduct transactions. Electronic contracts and electronic signatures have become vital to modern commerce, enabling ...

Is a client’s electronic signature on engagement letters, management representation letters, and other documents acceptable? This is a question many practitioners pose to the AICPA Professional ...

On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated its Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) [1] to fully incorporate into the IRM certain e-signature policies and procedures permitting the ...

More than 30 of the most commonly used forms in Social Security Administration field offices will shift from physical to digital signatures, in a modernization move that the agency said is intended to ...

Attorney Thomas F. Gleason analyzes a recent New York appellate decision holding that affirmations containing e-signatures will suffice to meet the "subscribing" requirement of the state's civil ...