Electronic Contracts, E-Signatures, and Remote Notarization: Enforceability, Online Assent, and Digital Transaction Risk

Mr. Berlin counsels clients of all sizes in a broad range of U.S. and international corporate and complex commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic initiatives, joint ventures, technology transactions, and venture capital financing. He routinely assists clients with the negotiation of commercial agreements, including outsourcing, consulting, distribution, reseller, and related arrangements as well as launching new software and SaaS solutions.

Mr. Capurso’s practice focuses on federal and state consumer financial services law, with a particular focus on counseling clients in the automotive retail and auto finance industries. He regularly advises financial institutions, lenders, and sales finance companies in the development and maintenance of automobile finance, closed-end and open-end lending, fintech, point-of-sale, solar finance, small dollar, and other credit programs. Mr. Capurso also provides compliance advice on consumer reporting, tenant screening and background screening under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and state law. He regularly provides guidance on federal consumer protection laws and regulations in addition to the FCRA, including the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN). Chris also regularly counsels clients on compliance with state licensing requirements. Mr. Capurso is the co-host of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast where they discuss all things related to the auto finance industry.

Mr. Gorby has tried hundreds of cases and handled thousands of matters for corporations and individuals across the United States throughout his three- decade legal career. His practice focuses on Insurance Coverage Disputes, Commercial Litigation and Liability for Owners and Managers of Property. Mr. Gorby is also a certified mediator. Mr. Gorby chaired the Premises Liability Seminar for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia (now a Division of the Georgia State Bar) for over twenty years. He is a frequent speaker for state and national legal education programs including ICLE, the National Business Institute and the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC), which helps businesses identify, compete for, and win government contracts. Mr. Gorby is the author of Premises Liability in Georgia, which was originally published by Thomson-Reuters® in 1998 and which is now in its Second Edition.