A Canadian court found that a thumbs-up emoji was as legally valid as a contract signature in a dispute between a farmer and a grain buyer in Saskatchewan. South West Terminal (SWT), a grain and crops ...

A Saskatchewan grain and crop inputs company (the “Plaintiff”) had been purchasing grain from the defendant farming corporation (the “Defendant”) since 2012. Typically, the Plaintiff’s representative ...

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Using emojis at work can lead to some misunderstandings, but you may want to be extra careful with that thumbs-up. A Canadian judge has ruled that the emoji is proof of a contractual agreement. The ...

What does mean to you? In a recent case involving a landlord and two potential renters, an Israeli judge ruled that emoji are evidence of intent. Which means that to a couple in Israel, those little ...

As emoji use grows, judges have to get special trainings. As emoji use grows, judges have to get special trainings. is a features editor who publishes award-winning stories about law, tech, and ...

Be careful before you casually dash off another thumbs-up emoji: A Canadian court has found that the ubiquitous symbol can affirm that a person is officially entering into a contract. The ruling ...

In this age of social media and texting, we use a plethora of shorthand visual and typographic icons to express a range of responses or reactions to posts or texts: a heart to indicate love, a ...

A court in Washington, D.C., has been stuck with a tough, maybe impossible question: What does 🌝 mean? Let me explain: In the summer of 2022, Ryan Cohen, a major investor in Bed Bath & Beyond, ...