Link to article by Sheri Qualtersposted on Law.com, January 15, 2008:  Settlement agreement reached via e-mail is upheld

A recent Massachusetts Appeals Court ruling enforcing an e-mail settlement agreement of a contractual dispute is a reminder to lawyers that e-mail settlements carry the same weight as deals on paper.

The court ruled on Jan. 7 that a midtrial, e-mail settlement between Basis Technology Corp., a Cambridge, Mass.-based company that makes software for multilingual Web sites, and e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. was binding….

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