EU makes headway on e-signatures.

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It has taken more than 13 years to do it, but the European Union has finally introduced a cohesive electronic signature law that its 28 member states can support. The EU hopes to have an e-signature regulation in place by July, according to Law Technology News. The new law would be comparable to the U.S. e-signature law.

The legal groundwork for a cross-border e-signature law was established by a directive issued in 1999. Member countries were required to adopt the directive by 2001. However, each country adopted its own interpretation of the directive and there was a lack of interest from the commercial sector in adopting the model, according to Hugh Logue, a senior...