A recent case in New Jersey Wawa, Inc. v. Barrington Redevelopment, LLC, No. A-3566-21, 2024 WL 1025394, at *8 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 11, 2024) has placed front and center the question of contract formation and interpretation. Gone are the days when contracts were written between “parties of the first part” and “parties of the second part.” Written scrawled signatures have been replaced by typed signatures, electronic “stamped” signatures, clipped and copied cursive signatures, and a myriad of other alternatives and protocols—including those emotive digital icons known as emojis, or those keyboard representations of a face, known as emoticons.
At the root of the issue is the serious legal concern over whether there is a meeting of the minds such as to find and discern the parties’ intent, let alone whether the statute of frauds is satisfied by these neo-hieroglyphics. Will https://pallyy.com/tools/emoji-translator replace the Rosetta Stone?
