On this week’s OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger discuss what constitutes contract acceptance. In a recent case in Canada, a Canadian court found that an individual’s use of a thumbs-up emoji in response to receiving a contract constituted his acceptance of the terms of the agreement. While the party that used the emoji argued that the thumbs-up emoji merely confirmed receipt of the contract terms, the court found, among other things, that this type of acceptance is the “new reality in Canadian society.” Listen to learn more. ?
