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Are Electronic Signatures Legally Binding? What Lawyers Should Know

Rocket Matter

Get free e-book The days of chasing down clients for signatures—slowing down the process and piling up paperwork—are over. With eSignatures, lawyers can send documents for signature electronically, allowing clients to sign them from anywhere, at any time. Two primary laws govern the use of eSignatures in the U.S.:

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Does Your Company Need a ChatGPT Policy? Probably.

Debevoise Data Blog

Here are some examples: Fact-Checking : Employees are using ChatGPT in the same way that they might use Google or Wikipedia to check facts in documents that they are either producing or reviewing. Editing Documents : Because it is a language model that was trained on millions of documents, ChatGPT is very good at editing text.

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Washington’s Novel Health Data Law: An In-Depth Look

Debevoise Data Blog

The MHMDA includes data exemptions for HIPAA, quality assurance testing, and health records governed by or created pursuant to other state and federal laws. Unlike many state privacy laws, the MHMDA does not contain entity-level exemptions such as exemptions for financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act.

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A Closer Look at 2023 U.S. State Privacy Law Activity: Washington State

Debevoise Data Blog

The MHMDA includes data exemptions for HIPAA, quality assurance testing, and health records governed by or created pursuant to other state and federal laws. Unlike many state privacy laws, the MHMDA does not contain entity-level exemptions such as exemptions for financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act.

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Are Electronic Signatures Legal?

Clio

Electronic signatures (or e-signatures) have become nearly ubiquitous in everyday life and business—from confirming your agreement to terms and conditions on a website, to using e-signature tools to sign a work contract. What is an e-signature? But are electronic signatures legally binding? What is an electronic signature?

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Best law books: the ultimate reading list for legal professionals

Simple Legal

You’ll finish this book feeling astounded by how discrimination seeps into state and federal laws. The book draws upon a wide range of sources, including personal narratives, medical records, and criminal trial accounts — the parallels to today’s climate are staggering. government played in keeping America segregated.

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Biden Administration Acts to Limit Access to Sensitive Personal Data by Countries of Concern

Debevoise Data Blog

government-related data” is defined in the Order as sensitive personal data that poses a heightened national security risk, regardless of volume, and is linkable to either senior government officials or sensitive federal government locations. . ◦ The cover art used in this blog post was generated by DALL-E. [1] In addition, “U.S.