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Will Abbreviating 2020 on Legal Documents Make You Vulnerable to Fraud?

It may not create a huge additional risk to use an abbreviated date. Yet, it also doesn’t hurt to use the full year when signing a document.

Business Law, Contracts, Identity Theft and FraudElizabeth WhitmanJanuary 5, 2020Elizabeth A. Whitman, Elizabeth Whitman, Whitman legal solutions, Orchestrating Real estate, Bach to Businesss, 2020, backdating, backdate, postdate, fraud, identity theft, Umberto Lanaro, esignature, esign, altered document

Pitfalls of Backdating

Sometimes parties need to legally backdate a document. However, even legal backdating can have negative consequences.

Business Law, ContractsElizabeth WhitmanAugust 4, 2019Elizabeth A. Whitman, Elizabeth Whitman, backdating, kreisler, fritz kreisler, Bach to Business, ex post facto, nunc pro tunc, retroactive, prior acts, backdate, ratification, backdated stock options