What started as a run-of-the-mill contract dispute in rural Canada has yielded a unique legal precedent for the internet age: An emoji constitutes a legally binding contract. In a June 8 opinion ...

A Canadian judge ruled that a thumbs-up emoji sent by phone represented a binding legal agreement. The case involved a grain seller replying to a sent contract with a thumbs-up, but then not ...

A Canadian farmer owes $82,000 for breach of contract after using a “thumbs-up” emoji in a text. According to court documents from the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan in March 2021 ...

In Boulay v. Boulay, the Land Court addressed whether email correspondence may constitute a valid, binding contract in the context of a real estate transaction. In Massachusetts, a specific ...