A Canadian appeal court has upheld a novel ruling that a “thumbs-up” 👍emoji sent in a text by a farmer was a valid acceptance of a contract with a grain buyer. The Court of King's Bench in ...

The emoji you send friends could potentially be used against you in court, at least in Canada. A Canadian judge ruled this week that the “thumbs up” emoji is just as valid as a signature in a case, ...

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 ...

Emoji and emoticons are cropping up at a rapidly increasing rate in court cases, and while they’ve yet to be a deciding factor in any cases, Santa Clara University law professor Eric Goldman expects ...

Be careful how you emoji in the future, after a Canadian judge ruled that sending someone a "thumbs-up" symbol in a message can potentially enter you into a legally binding contract. The King's Bench ...

Our online conversations are riddled with emoji, and while the amusing characters can be a creative way to express certain concepts between friends, how they’re interpreted can be a giant legal ...

There was a court case just over a year ago where a judge ruled that a series of texted emoji constituted a valid agreement to rent an apartment. A law professor has found that it was far from alone: ...

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The emoji of hands pressed together could mean thank you or I'll pray for you, or, I'm begging here. It is hard to know for sure but these fun little symbols have caused some not-so-fun issues in ...

A judge in a court case has ruled that a series of texted emoji (shown) constituted a valid agreement to rent an apartment … The WSJ reports that this is just one instance of lawyers and judges having ...

It's been a somber and tense time these last few weeks at the Supreme Court. So Law Blog is lightening things up a bit on this Friday and inviting readers to take the Supreme Court Emoji Challenge.