ESIGN Act

The ESIGN Act (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 2000) is the US federal law that recognises the legal validity of electronic signatures and online contracts in the United States. Complementary to UETA (the model law of the States), it establishes the principle that a signature cannot be refused solely because it is electronic. For transatlantic contracts, an eIDAS AES is generally recognised as ESIGN/UETA compliant, facilitating EU–US contractual exchanges.