ESIGN Act

The ESIGN Act (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 2000) is the U.S. federal law that recognizes the legal validity of electronic signatures and online contracts in the United States. Complementary to the UETA (state model law), it establishes the principle that a signature cannot be rejected solely on the grounds that it is electronic. For transatlantic contracts, an eIDAS AES is generally recognized as ESIGN/UETA compliant, facilitating contractual exchanges between the EU and USA.