Contract Terms, Clickwrap Agreements, Corporate Counsel

Ninth Circuit Reinforces Stricter Standards for Online User Agreements

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/1/2025

On April 15, 2025, the Ninth Circuit issued a second decision in less than two months regarding the enforceability of a “sign-in wrap agreement,” which links users to a website’s terms of service....more

Recent Court Decisions Shed Light on Enforceability of Electronic Contracts in the U.S.

Goodwin on 8/11/2022

A number of U.S. state and federal courts have recently considered whether the manner in which companies presented to their users a variety of electronic contracts (e.g., terms of service) was sufficient to form an...more

Internet contracts – beyond clickwrap and browsewrap

Kilpatrick on 4/15/2022

Takeaway: Technology advances. Business processes evolve. Internet transactions become increasingly ubiquitous. Contract formation, however, remains an old-fashioned concept. An internet consumer must, at a minimum, be...more

Landmark Second Circuit Ruling Clarifies the Standards for Mobile Contracts

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 8/23/2017

On August 17, 2017, the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a landmark ruling in Meyer v. Kalanick that clarifies the standards for contract formation in the age of smartphones and mobile contracting,...more

SDNY Refuses to Enforce Uber’s Online “Sign-In-Wrap” Terms, Arbitration Provision and Jury Waiver Clause

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/9/2016

On July 29, 2016, the Southern District of New York, in Meyer v. Kalanick, refused to enforce mandatory arbitration and jury waiver provisions against a putative class of Uber consumers. In a lengthy and strongly worded...more

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Ninth Circuit Reinforces Stricter Standards for Online User Agreements

Recent Court Decisions Shed Light on Enforceability of Electronic Contracts in the U.S.

Internet contracts – beyond clickwrap and browsewrap

Landmark Second Circuit Ruling Clarifies the Standards for Mobile Contracts

SDNY Refuses to Enforce Uber’s Online “Sign-In-Wrap” Terms, Arbitration Provision and Jury Waiver Clause

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